I would like you to translate my recurring dream but I have to say that I do not believe that dreams are sent to us from the spirit world, or from any external place. I am more comfortable with the idea that our own subconscious creates stories and images which our waking mind can then sort through, perhaps to help us order our thoughts or work through things that are bothering us or playing on our mind. Before I send you my dream can I ask how you would translate my dream, would you translate my dream with my own belief system in mind or would you still use your own method of translation which includes saying that the spirit world help to create my dreams?
This is an interesting question which deserves a respectful and honest answer, but please remember that the answer I give will only be from my own experience and from the experience of the many people who I have spoken and communicated with about dreams, spanning the last twenty years. These shared experiences by no means make this information steadfast and undeniable fact, but can be considered as research which seems to suggest a collective ‘idea’ about the creation and source of our personal dreams. Your own belief system is equally valid and I have written about the source of our dreams on many occasions, which incidentally incorporates your own idea.
Firstly and as the foundations for my own findings I would uphold that everyone’s personal ideas and beliefs are equally weighted and equally valid, but I had to find a middle ground so that I could use what I had learned to help other people find their own middle ground or like you say find an answer that they are comfortable with. I would never tell someone what they should adopt as truth because I do not know the complete and undeniable truth. What I did settle with was that all possibilities have as much chance of being true so why not agree that perhaps our dreams are provided through a combination of sources. Further to this why not consider that some of our dreams are created totally by our own subconscious and some dreams are provided from an external source, like our spirit guides, angels, the cosmos or the shared consciousness or even God.
There are many different types of dreams so why can’t there be many different authors of those dreams. I call my own idea about where our dreams come from “The Combination Theory”. It covers an array of ideas all with equal validity and it can be used to describe a dream created entirely by the subconscious as well as one created directly by an external source. I can also use it to describe a dream that is created from a mixture of sources.
So, rather than pick sides or say which idea offers more proof I tend to say that dreams are created from a combination of sources. Most people I have spoken with like this theory, more often than not it was already their own theory. Therefore my research into the question of where our dreams come from has settled on “The Combination Theory”.
If you would like me to translate your dream using the combination theory then by all means send it to me and I will do so. If however the combination theory doesn't sit comfortably with your own ideas or belief system then perhaps you could do some research into finding a dream translator who can translate your dream in the fashion that you prefer.
A Psychologists approach might appeal to you, I know many people who have used this approach to help them sort through problems or order their thoughts as you yourself mention in your email, especially where recurring dreams are prevalent. I would always recommend that you use a reputable or qualified person to help you do this. If you are strong minded then I doubt you will take on any ideas that you don’t agree with anyway and this is just as you should be.
I will say that there are dreams on my blog where a dream was predominantly self-created or even completely self-created by someone’s own subconscious, perhaps with the purpose of helping them deal with or think about their own issues. Having said this most of the dreams that I have translated seem to show signs of being created from a combination of sources.
Lastly, please consider that if you do not understand a symbol in your dream then I would say that your subconscious didn't create that symbol. When you automatically understand what a symbol means or what it is trying to convey to you, then you can assume that your own subconscious mind could have created the dream all on it's own. But, if you do not know what a symbol means and you have to look else where for an answer or an idea then maybe it's worth considering that your own subconscious wouldn't provide you with information that you have no chance of understanding or translating, what would be the point? Furthermore what would be the point of dreams if we cannot fathom a reason for their creation. If they are totally created by our own subconscious and are simply regurgitating information from the day or from the mind or are just a projection from our subconscious surly they will not have any validity and will therefore not need translating.