The Crashing Minibus ~ Logotherapy Dream Interpretation

19/8/2017

~ 19th August 2017 ~

On Thursday 17th August, I wrote four blog posts, ending with one entitled, “Unconditional Love and Acceptance…” That night, I had a dream about being a passenger in a little white minibus. A vehicle that can transport a number of people. I was sitting next to my mentor who was driving. There were two children sitting behind us… ? boys or girls… I can’t remember.

We were driving in a parking lot when my mentor stopped the buss and climbed out. I had a distinct feeling that she wanted me to take control of things while she was running into somewhere to do something quickly. But as soon as she was out, the minibus started to slide on the wet tarmac... It wasn’t raining at the time. The minibus started to slide sideways-left down the next parking road and towards the cars parked on the right… I saw what was coming, and looked down not wanting to face what was about to happen…

Next thing, the left side of the minibus slammed into the right side of the first car parked on the right side of the road, pushing that car into the next, then the next into the next and so on… a large car second from last actually popped up between the third last and the last car as a result of the impact, just like a wet piece of soap… and all the cars were now bunched together and seriously damaged…

That’s when the minibus stopped and I woke up!

My unique dream interpretation
My mentor will need to step out of the minibus someday (retire), and my dream is telling me that I am not supposed to be bowing my head and shutting my eyes, allowing the minibus to lose control and crash. I am supposed to jump into the driver’s seat and grab hold of the steering wheel, to do my best to make sure that the minibus (myself) does not crash. To steer it to a safe place, so that it (I) can still be useful.

A minibus is supposed to carry people and that is my Life’s calling and task… that is the unique meaning of my life. To lift those that are in need of lifting and to love others… to love my work. The meaning of my life is not going to disappear the minute my mentor retires… not at all, unless I allow it to by shutting my eyes and giving up… ignoring it.

The crashing into the other vehicles, is only representative of my anticipatory anxiety over the idea of my mentor leaving. Those emotions may belong to my inner child and may not belong to my adult self who needs to take on more responsibility for my emotions… finding a way to comfort and reassure my inner child self.

I am not going to crash and crumble when mentor retires. I will still be able to keep moving forward with my life, in a controlled and emotionally intelligent way.

I am responsible for steering my own life in the direction I should go.

The children in the minibus with me, might represent my inner child or my own children and grandchildren, but whatever happens, the message is to me, to take responsibility for my own actions and reactions, because others are relying on me to stand tall and make it to the end of my journey with dignity and courage…

I LOVE LOGOTHERAPY DREAM INTERPRETATION! I gain so much strength and direction from it.

I would love to know if any of my readers are benefiting from me sharing my dreams and interpretations here and getting an idea of how to interpret your own dreams to find your own unique meaning messages in them. I do hope that this is making a difference in your lives also.

~ Panayiota

4 Comments

Mikki

22/8/2017 12:11:34

I can't, at the moment describe any specific dialog, because it is usually as brief as as a single thought. And fast. And it could be as mundane as deciding what to get at the grocery (because I am easily sidetracked by what I see and tempted to buy what I don't need). One "voice/thought" says, "Oh, I really want that"! or see something and start having cravings. The Other Voice says, "do you really need that? It really isn't good for you....." (the voice of Reason and Truth). And so I would usually not do what the 1st one said.

Day drams are a little different as they are not so much dialog as they are more like watching a movie (without the dramatic music). They are images and usually indicate a choice I need to make in order to achieve what I see. And occasionally that argumentative negative voice will tell me why something won't work. But then I see why it could. Usually, if I act on the "vision" things turn out well.

Next time this happens, I will try to get it on paper as soon as possible.

Mikki

28/8/2017 13:44:38

Dear Panayiota,
Your dream interpretation seems spot on. I wish that I could remember my dreams. It feels like I never do, but I know better. For so long I have suffered from insomnia and always had wild dreams but I could never capture them. I changed 1 thing and now I sleep much better and at the "correct time". BUT I still cannot remember dreaming. I do have daytime "mental dialogs", mostly because I now live alone and have no one to talk to. So I listen to 'self', in an almost substitute for a dream. My dialogs are becoming a compass for me because what self has to ‘say’ is usually very correct. I am learning to distinguish between that inner voice of Truth and the other one which are lies I've carried all my life. I embrace Truth and say goodbye to lies. So far my true self has always been right. Is this the unconscious G-D that I am hearing?

Panayiota

28/8/2017 13:56:47

Dear Mikki,
I truly do believe that you will only remember your dreams if you are meant to, otherwise they are processed and their meaning messages are stored unconsciously for your benefit. Your response to them and actions taken on them, starts out unconsciously... maybe as thoughts during the day... maybe as daydreams... but gradually becoming conscious through the changes in thoughts, ideas, ideals, and/or actions that we begin to make for the better in our lives.

Yes... I do believe that what you have described is the unconscious G-D within you that you are hearing and responding to as you distinguish between truth and lies... good and bad... right and wrong... etc.

I believe that this is another way for us to find meaning in our lives, when hearing the unconscious G-D within prevents us from giving up, going wrong, doing wrong, committing suicide, etc., and causes us to recognise the need for us to be more responsible for our own actions, thoughts, lives, etc. as well as the lives of others whose lives we are connected with or responsible for.

It is no longer the social indoctrination, or voice of our parents, or the belief systems that we were brought up with as children that guides our thoughts, beliefs and actions and causes us to live and respond to life in a certain way... we are no longer led by our superego, but rather by our own conscious... our spiritual-conscious... our noetic dimension.

Once we are living noetically, it no longer matters what our condition is, weather we are rich or poor, suffering or free.

We begin to live more dignified lives, with more integrity and authenticity, and that alone, makes our lives more meaningful and worthier of being lived.

If you wouldn't mind, I would love for you to share your "mental dialogues" with me... any that you feel would be helpful in my quest of working on and learning more about the daydream worlds of others. So far, I've worked only with the daydream worlds of "Adult survivors of child abuse"... but you've suggested a new area concerning the daydream worlds of the aged that could open a new door of understanding and might even help me to be more aware of my own mental dialog. Please share, only if you want to.

Mikki

28/8/2017 13:58:39

Dear Panayiota,
What you wrote, your response, was beautiful, and I thank you.
I can't, at the moment describe any specific dialog, because it is usually as brief as a single thought. And fast. And it could be as mundane as deciding what to get at the grocery (because I am easily side-tracked by what I see and tempted to buy what I don't need). One "voice/thought" says, "Oh, I really want that"! or see something and start having cravings. The Other Voice says, "do you really need that? It really isn't good for you....." (the voice of Reason and Truth). And so I would usually not do what the 1st one said.

Day dreams are a little different as they are not so much dialog as they are more like watching a movie (without the dramatic music). They are images and usually indicate a choice I need to make in order to achieve what I see. And occasionally that argumentative negative voice will tell me why something won't work. But then I see why it could. Usually, if I act on the "vision" things turn out well.

Next time this happens, I will try to get it on paper as soon as possible.

Thank you dear Panayiota. Much love to you!

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