I'm so sorry about your cats. My baby had FeLv, FIV and lymphoma. I had no idea cancer was so common among cats. I've heard of cats living into their 20's without any of these horrible illnesses. My cat was only 8 :( I still don't want this to be real. He was absolutely my best friend and like my own child. I cared for him more than any people in my life. He was the most lovable creature I've ever met.

I was hoping the dream was some kind of message from him because I did ask before falling asleep, to contact him in my dreams. I'm interested to hear the rest of your interpretation. Thank you.

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monica,
As much as I would like to think that someone in my life, including my cats, could contact me from the 'other side' through my dreams, I can say that isn't a function of dreams. If there is a venue for such contact it is still to be discovered, at least in a empirical way that will pass the scrutiny of science.

Your dreams are about you and your emotions. This dream undoubtedly is related to the passing of your beloved feline but what emotional aspect it has activated is to be learned. My sense is your closeness to him triggered the dream partly as a response to that close relationship and the grief associated with him. The negative feelings toward the veterinarian may be about your own inner emotions and less to do with the death of your cat {veterinarian being symbolic of instinctive behavior on your part}. In that sense your dead cat would represent something within yourself has died, having been 'chopped' emotional wise. It could be the close ties you had with your cat, those aspects of 'feminine' interactions are what the dream is addressing, those being instinctive the 'intuitive' aspects you possess as a human and the natural aspects he possessed . Although I do not believe in communication with the 'other side' I do believe anything that is of a natural order {if supported by natural law} is possible in interactions between human and animal. We all come from the same 'original' genetic material and being so we are capable to senses not normally used in everyday life.

All in all I think the dream is to do with the death of your cat but it also gets into deeper aspects of your own psyche. This is what dreams do, address current waking emotional conflicts as well as the deeper issues of personality and behavior that stem from earlier lief conflicts.

To help you understand how dreams function as a science {psychologically} I suggest you read my page A Simple Guide to Dreams.

Jerry

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I absolutely believe in the spiritual side of dreams. When we dream, we are projecting into the astral world where it is completely possible to communicate with those who are no longer in the physical world. I've had too many obvious experiences to ever doubt that and so have a lot of people I know. Scientific "proof" doesn't mean much to me especially because they always end up "proving" things that many cultures have already known for centuries. So I guess I was looking more for the spiritual message from my cat and not so much the psychological meaning. In a way I did want both. I was worried I did the wrong thing by putting him down because he could somehow be cured. I was afraid the dream was telling me it was possible and I just had him put down anyway. Thank you for your interpretation, I always enjoy them and it gives me something to look into. Next time your cats happen to appear in a dream of yours, maybe consider they could be trying to say hello :)

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monica,
We will have to agree to disagree on the subject of dreams being astral projections. I do believe in the spiritually of dreams since those aspects are a part of the human psyche. The science of dreams is something that can be proven, you need only consult the thousands of posts here at the Dream Forum. But I am not here to convince you of that. My purpose is to help others understand their dreams. Arguments about the validity of Jungian dream science or any method related to dreams is for another place and another time. I do hope you find comfort in the passing of your cat since I too still grieve over the passing of my dear love cats last year. It may be of little solace but their memory is of some comfort, the wonderful experiences while they were here ingrained in my heart. As for my cats being in my dreams, the task is to understand why they are there and why I would dream of them. Understanding the love I have for them is no doubt one reason but the science of my own 'inner cat' is also a reason. Either way cats are a wonderful part of my life.

Jerry

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