Laboratory
A laboratory represents learning and discovery, finding out the things that you need to know to progress, ether about yourself or about other people.
· Testing times.
· Work out what you need as a person.
· Research and discoveries.
· Understanding how it works.
Ladder
(See Climbing)
· Help is available for you to reach the heights that you want to attain.
· Climbing up in your endeavours.
· Effort is needed for progress.
· Getting on the property ladder.
Lake
(See River/Water)
Water nearly always represents your current emotional state therefore the size and depth of the lake can help you to acknowledge and deal with your own or other people’s feelings. A lake helps you to understand that you keep your emotions well contained most of the time, but any surplus of water/emotion will need to be dealt with. This symbol can help you to see how deep someone’s feeling are, or how shallow a person is.
If it is a calm lake you dream of it can help to explain your calmness in emotional situations or that calmness is needed, especially if the water is clear whereas murky water symbolises emotional confusion.
Fresh water tells you that you need a fresh approach in emotionally issues. If there is something in the lake translate this as well because this can help you understand what is going on under the surface. If there are many fish in the lake, then your dream is simply reminding you of your search for a worthy partner and all the different choice that are available. Some you will want to throw straight back in the emotion lake of dating and some are possible keepers, you never really know for sure what you are going to get.
Lamp
A lamp post is a mix of a signpost and light which means that you need to take notice of the sign posts that help you find the way forward, take comfort that the way ahead is lit up for you, the darkness or despondency you feel will pass.
A ‘light bulb moment’ symbolises your sudden awareness of information and knowledge.
· A guiding light to show you the way.
· You need a clear mind to see the way forward.
Language and Talking
If you cannot understand the language being spoken to you in a dream then this can represent your own lack of understanding of someone, you do not get them, or understand the way they are.
Speaking in another language is usually a sign of having the gift of communication which is useful in spiritual development. Dreams for example have their own language and speaking in another language is way for you to recognise that you have a gift of communicating, useful for people who cannot understand each other.
In dreams talking on the telephone is sometimes impossible and this is because you do not understand what someone is trying to tell you, or you can’t make yourself understood by the person you are attempting to talk to.
· Good communication is needed for progress.
· Spiritual communication.
Laughing
Laughing is a practical symbol of happiness, perhaps you need to laugh more, enjoy the present and share the love.
· Something will make you happy.
Lead
(See Metal)
Metals give you clues to the strength of something so the several types of metals can help you understand how strong someone or something is.
Lead in a pencil will symbolise your own or somebody else’s lack of purposeful communication, or the things that are said are only said to keep other people happy, the words have no lasting substance.
· Copper is used to transport energy to where it is needed.
· Iron casts a steady and sturdy base to start from.
· Lead can symbolise a dead weight that you carry around.
· Tin will rust and has not got the longevity needed to last, it will buckle under force.
Leaks
(See Water)
There could be something filtering into your life that you need to plug as it is causing you to lose energy, physically or mentally. Information leaks out which could cause damage.
· What is draining you?
Lending
Borrowing in a dream informs you that you may need to use someone else's skills or attributes. If someone is borrowing from you they need something that you have, this could be your time, skills or money.
Letters
(See Documents/Ink/Mail)
When you are aware of a letter in a dream it can be because someone wants to make a connection with you, they might want to tell you something important or explain their side of a situation. The spirit world has been known to send messages in this way; letters can highlight the need for you to communicate with other people either personally or on a spiritual level. This might also link with an obstacle dream because there is always some frustration when you can't read the letter. This frustration is shown because it is created when someone can't get their message over to you, they can't say what they want to say in entirety.
· You want to have your say.or you want to know what other people want to say to you but cant.
Levels
(See Lift/Elevator)
If different levels become a feature in your dream then the dream is trying to explain the various levels of opportunities that are available for you. Trying to get on another level shows your own attempts to move upwards, if you are moving down the levels then you are coming back down to earth. Obstacles in your way show the difficulties you need to overcome to get to the next level.
If you are on a different level to someone else in your dream it simply shows the different levels of thinking you are on, although sometimes this represents the distance that stands between you.
· Where you are spiritually.
Library
(See Books/Computer/Museum/Reading)
Information and knowledge is available from a library, quiet contemplation will help you with your ideas.
· Earth is viewed as a giant learning library.
· A bank of knowledge is available to you.
· Your personal learning and growth.
· Enlightenment.
Lifeboat
(See Water)
This rescue service is showing you that there is help available to you with your emotional struggles. A spiritual Savior.
(See Elevator/Energy/Levels)
An elevator can give you information as to if you are progressing upwards or moving downwards in life or in any venture that you are involved in, this can also link with your career. Spiritually lifts can symbolise the link we make with the spirit world and needing to higher the vibration to make contact.
Lifts are often used in obstacle dreams because they are an ideal symbol to translate how something presently stands. Not being able to get to the floor or level you want explains how you are lacking in true direction because you do not have a goal to aim for.
The lift not moving at all represents personal inertia or lack of progress. If the doors of a lift won’t open this helps to inform you that the direction you want to take is not open to you now. The lift getting stuck symbolise being stuck in the confines of a situation that you can't get out of, and not being able to push the buttons or the buttons not working properly in a lift suggest not being able to choose a firm route or direction, perhaps because of other circumstances in your life that hinder your choices, to make things work you have to push the correct buttons.
A lift dropping or free falling links with your fears of being dropped in some way and it also shows the uncertainty of how things will end up or turn out.
Lighthouse
The doubts about where you belong or where you should be in your life right now have held you back, but now you must move forward regardless.
· Have faith that you will find a way forward.
· A Guiding light.
Lightning
(See Weather)
This type of electricity is a physical manifestation of overactive energy, it builds up suddenly and it needs to be released and expelled in a safe way. Electricity is used in dreams to describe anger, love, lust, sexual tension or any other intense feeling that needs harnessing or release.
(See Lamp)
· A beacon of light to guide you on your journey through life.
· Happiness and contentment.
· The light of your life.
· Enlightenment.
· A positive force of energy.
· Seeing the light at last.
Loch
(See Boats/Canal/Journey/Water)
· Unlocking emotional blockages.
· Transferring your energy to where it is needed for progress.
(See Keys)
Locks show you if things are available to you or not, locked doors explain that the way forward is blocked.
· Locked boxes or trunks can symbolise secrets or feelings that are locked away.
· Locks can also symbolise the heart being locked or unlocked.
Lost
(See Abandonment)
If you are lost in a dream it is because you do not know the way forward with an issue in your life. When we are lost and cannot find our way home it is because we cannot return or go back to a time or place that still has sentiment, your heart is in one place but your body is in another. Home is where the heart is so being unable to get home in a dream shows restrictions stopping you being with your loved ones completely.
Lottery
(See Jackpot)
If you win the lottery in your dream the win could be the winning of someone’s heart, the winning of a cause that you are fighting for or something like this rather than a monetary win, although it has been known for lottery winners to have dreamed about it prior to a win.
· Feel lucky because you will managed to get what you want.
Love
· Wonderful feelings of love surround you in any translation.
· You are loved, and you are capable of loving back.
Luggage
(See Packing)
· The family.
· The baggage that you carry around with you.
· Letting go of detrimental feelings that weigh you down.
· Travel or moving on.
Lump
Any kind of lump will symbolise a hurdle to get over, if the lump is on the body then it will link with personal feelings that need to be dealt with before they grow bigger. Lumps on the body tend to cause fear and worry but this dream is more likely telling you to deal with the unknown, you need to discover what is going on underneath and face your fears to disperse the root cause of your fear. Consider where the lump is in your dream to get a better translation, the size will also be important.