Thank you Jerry, you clarified and explained this very well and I am most thankful! I did recognize the group of people on my left as representing my unconscious aspects and I knew that the building represented me and my life but I didn't know how to put it all together. The powerful male figure did not seem to have any negativity attached to him, quite the opposite actually. He is not someone that I know in real life either. With this in mind could he still have represented my shadow?

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Kenny,
Your shadow represents those aspects that you reject. The positive aspect you felt in the dream may be the positive aspect of confronting the shadow. It would be power to 'confront' this aspect since it is something that is unresolved and resolution is the goal {I have some awkward feelings about possibly encountering them}. Your destination is the bathroom, where you can let these feelings out.

One possibility that occurred to me while reading this post again is the 'actual' feelings of going to the bathroom to let it out. That may be real and not metaphor. Can you think of any recent experiences that would fit with that? The 'shdaow' need not be something so drastic but perhaps a mere feelings of guilt about some recent experiences.

Jerry

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Hi Jerry,
I think that you are quite right in saying that the feelings are real. In conscious life I do actually feel this way about using public bathrooms when there are other people present. As far as the letting out of actual feelings as a metaphor for something else in my life; I do feel an urge to speak my mind in reaction to my feelings which is something that I have long repressed for the most part for the reason of not wanting to upset or stir another from which these feelings would have sprung.

I do not have any guilty feelings or regret in my life at this time.

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Kenny,
Thanks for the follow up response. It shows that Jung's assertion that a dream can have tow meanings has great merit. The need to let it out is addressing the actual physical experience of 'going' in public as well as those repressed emotions that need to be let out. Often one has associations to the other. But 'letting it out' is paramount to being able to live a balanced and harmonious life in the future. Unresolved emotional conflicts will only magnify
if they are not addressed. Understanding what they are is the first step. Taking measures, albeit slow ones, is the next step to be taken. One step at a time.

Jerry

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