Because the interpretation is long I will break it down into two parts. As I do this I am once again going over the dream to see what new realizations come from that. Anytime one reviews a dream they are also reviewing their life. That is therapeutic, and often brings about new realizations and maybe new revelations. I am in fact, and practice, self-analyzing myself by interpreting this dream. This is exactly what Jung’s Individuation Process is all about and why dreams can be important to that process.

The interpretation
First let me say the I will provide what I believe to be the primary focus of the dream with the knowledge there will also be a secondary focus. The secondary focus, which I have as yet looked at in depth, would more about 'deeper aspect's of my evolution in life, ie early years and those experience/influences, and the patterns developed during that evolution and how they play in my life in the present. I can readily see the associations in the dream to do with recent waking life experiences and that is why I am sure it is this aspect that the dream is focused on. Plus the dream motifs fit with recent waking life experiences. There are no archetypal symbols which would be the norm of the average dream. But i don't deem this an average dream. In fact the contrary, it could be a very big dream at an important time in my life a {among the seemingly many important dreams in periods I have experienced since my conscious journey}. When I began to interpret dream, which was soon after I began to remember it, I pretty much felt from the beginning I knew what the dream was addressing. After having given myself a general interpretation I was even more convinced of this.

The fact it was about recent experiences and less to do with deeper aspects is not usual since everyday life is what our psyches are continuingly confronting. But such memorial dreams by someone my age is more likely to be about the deeper aspects than they would be able recent experiences {that is as the primary focus}. I label it a memorial dream because I did remember it in the way I have described {not thinking about any part of my dreams but all of a sudden remembering this dream about 30 minutes after I awoke and became active}.

The dream interpretation
The outline of the dream in the beginning is about the new couple in a new home and I am cutting the grass for them {something I knew was my responsibility}. The grass was very thick and i had trouble getting the lawnmower to run {but not because of the length of the grass}. The lawnmower in the dream was recently purchased and I knew it had a tendency to stop working.

Actual waking life experiences
I have recently moved to a new/different home in Palm Bay Fl from Middle Tenn. Not a brand new home but an oldr home I am renting. New homes usually house new couples. I see the new couples as a definitive adjective of my inner journey 'new couple' in a new place. They would be my balaced self, yin and yang, balanced in that being in this new place has been the major goal in my life for many years. It is almost an over statement, using symbolic references about the new couple in more than one manner. So that fits correctly in its metaphorical and symbolic reference.

The lawnmower is exactly the one I had actually bought recently, used and having a problem running {it will start, then stop and I had to wait 10 minutes before it would start again}. I had returned the mower to the guy I bought it from so he could repair it but he failed to do so. So the lawnmower is actually as it is in real life {unusual in itself}.

The grass is reflective of real life responsibilities of having to cut the grass. But the dream grass is lush and very green whereas in Florida my grass is sporadic in very noticeable sandy soil. And the need to cut the tall lush grass is symbolic of a reflection I have given thought to about 'cutting back' on starting new dream classes and overloading myself with responsibilities {I am retired-one goal I have set out and intend to follow is to have less responsibilities of any kind, especially those that may tax me and deny me of enjoying simply being alive}. My 'creative grass' is growing too fast and it needs to be cut back. Lush green grass would be symbolic of great personal/psychological/spiritual growth.

The house. I left this for the last in this segment of the dream because there are two houses and both represent me. Houses are ALWAYS symbolic of the dreamer. One of the first things you learn about Jungian dream psyche is you never say this is a fixed symbol. But in the case of houses I, from the experiences in interpreting dreams, can say the house is the dreamer or in association to the dreamer that we can say this is his/her house in some aspect.

This first house of course is new to me and all the parts of my psyche {man and woman in the house representing my whole balanced self}. It has lush green grass that is symbolic of my personal growth and the positive path that I am going. My path since I moved has almost been too successful {I have arranged four classes within a time period of less than one month}. I have only been in this 'new home' since Oct 8 2012, less than four months. Because I do not wish to have the responsibilities I had before retiring, responsibilities that kept me away from following my bliss, and because I do wish to have lots of time to do whatever, I technically 'need to cut back' so not to over extend myself and be responsible for things I don't want or need. This part of the dream reflects my true waking experiences in symbolic form as well as in literal terms when applied to the lawnmower. Cutting the grass and 'personal growth; responsibilities is both literal and symbolic {I cut the grass at the house I am living}.

As for my grandson. That is a more difficult part of the dream to define. Unknown people in dreams are most often representative of different aspects of the dreamer’s psyche and when approached that way it usually fits. Known people can be about relationships with that person and/or traits the person possesses that are relevant to the dreamer’s life {personality traits, aspects that the dreamers likes or dislikes, etc}. As for my grandson he could represent an aspect of me, a very much younger self which would fit with the younger couple motif . Also the intimate relationship we share, the two us spending a lot of time together when he was the age he is in the dream. I had an influence he would never have gotten if not for those times together, introducing him to Buddhism and Campbell and Jung. Those things will be relevant later in his life. He began college this year, is very leveled headed. I think his inclusion in the dream plays into the ‘new aspect’ of my moving to Palm Bay and starting a new life of learning {dreams and psyche}.

There is no other aspect to the dream that may be relevant but that is something that is yet to be decided so I will leave it alone until I have more evidence. As I have stated often about dreams there is always at least two {emphasis on at least} interpretations/applications to the dream and/or symbols. There could be a great many when broken down to the most minute details.

This covers the first part of the dream.

The next part begins, ‘In the next scene my grandson was at the house behind the new house where I was cutting the grass’. Both houses would represent me, the old and the new. But they can take on various applications and meanings. I have identified the first house as the new life I have created since my retirement, moving away from social responsibilities {slaying the social dragons} and following my bliss and seeking fulfillment of my highest aspirations. This second house is ‘behind’ the new house, behind me, the past. My grandson at the age of 10 {in the dream} would also point to the past. A reference to him being a part of me and my new self as well as aspects of the relationship that had to do with learning, growing personally and spiritually.

The small back yards {the actual size at my present home} would represent ‘small’ parts between the two ‘houses’ that are unknown. I think of the back of anything as something in the unconscious, the back yard being not only what is behind you {the past} but also what is in the back of the mind. Because I have explored my own psyche in great detail {20 years} and because those things that should happen when one travels the hero path do happen, there is little left to recognize in my unconscious. I have reached a level of higher being, the higher aspirations have partially been achieved. Plus as I noted my actual back yard is small, something that makes me happy because I don’t like cutting grass to begin with.

Daniel turning the water on would represent the turning on of emotions. This was objected to by my developed feminine aspect {turning on the emotions, being emotional, would be a feminine trait}. I have arrived at a position in life {a principle I now live by} that a balanced self has control of the emotions and not the emotions controlling the person. That applies to conscious as well as unconscious emotions {unconscious emotions being those aspects that were controlling when I was a younger man}. My masculine identity also objected to this emotional aspect. This also fits in with the screened in part of the back of the house {which is common in Florida, a lot of houses having screened in back portions}. The screened aspect in the back of my mind that holds to this new principle about the emotions. Also there is the search aspect of looking deeper inward. The closer I get to looking into the unconscious the better I can see my true self. This new place I have moved is attractive for sure. But so is the other house {in this instance the other house, the original new house, takes on the role of the past}, those experiences in my past that provide a wisdom of knowledge. I can see more clearly now how this knowledge {with all the negatives} from past experiences can be turned into a positive, wisdom.
End of second part with two parts to go.


Jerry

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