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Christine: Right. OK. When you're in the cul-de-sac, would you say it's the present day?No, I'd say it's in the past. It feels like I've come from another world, one that on the face of things might not be as nice as this one.
What sort of clothes are the people there wearing?Smart clothes. The men wear checked shirts and pressed trousers, while the women wear floating, floral dresses and have big hair.
So you could say the 1950s, or 1960s?Perhaps.
I think there could be a number of reasons behind this particular dream. I obviously don't know your personality, I don't know your background—so we can explore a few options. First of all: the cul-de-sac. A cul-de-sac is somewhere you can escape from, just the very shape of a cul-de-sac denotes this. The fact that you're surrounded by residential housing, and the fact that it's reasonably affluent, would suggest that it's not somewhere you're scared to be—it's somewhere that you'd be quite comfortable in. The fact that you have this female here could mean that there is a female energy around you, whether that be a mother, grandmother…
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No, not in your immediate family. Because you're looking for your father, that would suggest that this isn't a family situation. So we're now looking at teachers, maybe a boss at work, or somebody that you felt was maybe asking you to do things that you weren't comfortable with. Is there anybody like that you can think of?
It could be something around that. You certainly can carry that forward. I know people in their 50s who still suffer stress, sweats and palpitations over maths exams, honestly. And it took us a long, long time to actually discover what the problem was.Your dream could be something around the relationship with a female energy that you weren't comfortable with. The setting outlines something that you're able to remove yourself from but the thing is you keep returning to it. Whatever the situation with that is then that's not closed.
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You need to look into her eyes. That's the clue. If it's a past life situation with that person, it might not even be a female, it's the eyes that matter. If you recognize those eyes, more than likely, you'll have a past life relation with that person. Have a look next time. You may not recognize them, but I think you will recognize that person. Even have a look at the other people significant in this little story, you might recognize them too, and you might be able to make a connection in this life.
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French you say! That explains the German accent. When you started high school, do you recall if you were asked which language you would prefer to study?Yes, we had the choice of French or German.
As did my daughter when she started a couple of years back—both of those and Italian. You've said learning French didn't come naturally to you—you clearly would've preferred to study German. Or perhaps you resent the fact you opted for French when you might've enjoyed German better. The profession—a scientist—is one that requires much knowledge. Teaching is similar. This idea of French versus German can be explored deeper still and could be representative of your own life, how you may have made the wrong choices or wished for different outcomes at certain stages in your life.Speaking of choices, what do you make of Betty asking me to commit murder? Although I don't kill the neighbor (I know Mabel Henderson can be murdered in Fallout 3 at the expense of karma, but given this was the first time Christine had met me, I didn't want to end the session with the police waiting in the car park), there's the suggestion that I could trip her cooker's pilot light, or leave a roller skate at the top of her stairs for her to slip over.
Murder in dreams normally suggests putting an end to something unfavorable. It could be an addiction or, as is most likely in this case, an old relationship. Also, killing someone or something in a dream can also signify repressed anger—either at yourself or someone or something else.
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What kind of dog?Erm, a black German Shepherd with white patches around its nose and middle?
Hmm. Dogs tend to represent things you might expect: loyalty, companionship, protection. These could be traits similar to your father, but giving that you're searching, unsuccessfully at this point, for him this interpretation is likely incorrect. Black dogs tend to represent duplicity in people, that they may have an as yet undiscovered agenda or that their true intentions can or will be uncovered. I'm not saying you don't trust your dad—perhaps you don't, I couldn't say—but these are general symbolizations.(Given the fact that the Lone Wanderer's father abandons him at a young age, this might not be too far off the mark.)
This likely represents good over bad. If you're a decent living fellow and you don't like injustice, if that sort of thing upsets you, then your injustice hat might kick in. I would think that if you've going with the first scenario about the female energy and how you were treated by females that were in authority then that'd definitely make sense.Does the fact that they're Asian have any significance? (They're actually Chinese.)
The Korean War, maybe? If it looks like 1950s America, that'd be right. War equals one side versus the other, the perception of good against bad within each side. Your angst against this teacher figure manifests in the young girl. It could be considered obscure, yes, but most dreams are. Unless you deal with that situation this is going to keep coming back because it obviously had an emotional impact on you. You might not realize how emotionally hurt you were—if you were traumatized in any way, then your subconscious sinks it to the back. You can pull it forward with hypnotherapy.
Sacrébleu. Who'd have guessed my fourth-year French class would've had such a profound effect on my later life. Mrs. Fullerton did remind me a little of a Super Mutant, but I'm fairly certain that's just a coincidence.Am I willing to see a hypnotherapist on the pretense that a video game dream sequence is actually one of my own? Watch this space.Follow Joe Donnelly on Twitter.