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Dream submitted by Lucelle 04/05/03
Lucelle’s Dream:
I work for a large corporation and in the dream I am at work, but everything looks different. I look in the mirror and see that I have only one eye in the middle of my forehead. The office is deserted and quite dark. I see a contract on my desk from my boyfriend with a red rose on top of it with a note telling me to sign it. I think this is weird because he never comes to my work. The rose is only plastic but the thorns are real and rip my hand open. I call for help but there is nobody to help me. I try to call emergency services but the operator tells me that my telephone service has been cut because I have not paid my account. There are horrible dark pictures on the wall with people in chains. I look through a hole in the wall. I can see the corporation that I work for, but I seem to be in a different building, so I can't get to them. It looks bright and happy in their offices and I do everything I can think of to get back to my normal office again, but there is no way out of this dark office. I was really upset when I woke up.

Additional comments:
The night before this dream my boyfriend and I had a massive argument. I have worked for the same corporation for 11 years. I have a good job and also many good friends at work. A year ago my boyfriend asked me to invest in a company he wants to start with the idea that I would resign from my job and run the company with him. I'm excited about having my own company, but I also like my present job. For the last 6 months my boyfriend has really been pushing me to make up my mind. It's a large investment and I really haven't known what to do. This dream has confused me even more. Does it mean that things could go wrong if I stay working for the same corporation or that they could go wrong if I start my own company?

Interpretation:
I think that there are several indicators in this dream that associate the dark office with the proposed new business venture. The eye on your forehead in this context is likely to symbolize your intuition, which is guiding you to follow your happiness, rather than succumb to your boyfriend's pressure. This dream suggests that there are several issues bothering you around the concept of this new business venture, some of which you're possibly not consciously acknowledging. While there is a possibility that this may be a premonition dream illustrating to you what may happen if you choose to set up a business with your boyfriend, I suspect that at this stage it is more likely to be urging you to address your fears and doubts surrounding this venture, in order to bring this weighty decision-making process to a head.

I believe that the red rose symbolizes your relationship with your boyfriend. A common association with red roses is love or romance, yet in this case, you discover that it's not the real thing. If this interpretation is accurate, it seems that what is real within this relationship, is harmful to you. There is an element of deception or delusion within this dream symbol, which may suggest that you have concerns about this relationship or that you feel insecure about things not being quite what they superficially appear to be. There also seems to be a connection between this and your reluctance to commit to the new business venture, symbolized by the contract. While I believe that your relationship with your boyfriend is your primary fear in respect of the new venture, the dream also speaks of other fears or beliefs that need to be acknowledged. Concern about finances is one area, possibly to the extent that you believe that it may lead to financial ruin; the isolation and loneliness of working for a small organization, albeit your own, versus a large corporation in which you have built many friendships; and concerns about losing the stability and perks which your current workplace has to offer. The new venture would clearly require you to make some major adjustments.

Finally the dream ends with you regretting your decision to move, which once again, seems to be a guidance call. While owning your own business may hold major growth prospects for you, at this point there seems to be too much resistance within you around the proposed venture with your boyfriend. Only you can decide how legitimate it is. You do however seem to be really happy where you are, and the guidance aspect of this dream seems to be telling you that if it ain't broken, don't fix it. At this point there seems to be neither good reason nor a strong desire within you to disturb the calm, happy waters found in your current workplace. I wish you well with whichever path decide to take.

Lucelle's Response 05/05/03
I'm really happy that I came to you for this reading. I am so grateful for your insight. Everything you said is exactly how I've been feeling, but I thought that maybe I was finding excuses because I was scared of losing a job that I love. I have definitely been ignoring things about my boyfriend because I just wanted this relationship to be perfect but lately some things about him have been really weird. His stories about his past change all the time and I know he's lying to me but I left it because I just wanted things to be peaceful. I have to pay for most things because he always says he has no money. He drives an expensive car and wears expensive clothes but he does not earn a good salary. When I ask him about it he gets so angry and says I don't appreciate anything he's doing for our future so I leave it. He says he does not have money to put into this business but wants me to put my life savings into it and if I say anything about this he accuses me of not trusting him. He is so convincing with everything that he says. I started thinking that I was just a bad person who trusted nobody. Thank you for helping me to understand things so clearly. Like you said, there is no good reason to move on and I have decided to stay where I am happy. I will always rely on my guidance in future. I feel so light and strong and happy now. Thank you so very much for opening my eyes.