Justin,
Here is my read from your dream. You do make it easy to interpret with the sentence/paragraph structure. I appreciate this Professor. I am interpreting the dream as I read it.

You are at a place in your life where inspirational nourishment {cafe} is required. There is uncertainty but a positive attitude.

You are confronted with the other you, perhaps a part that needs working with/on. This is the inner Self, your true self, your friend. Realizing this true Self is the goal. Teaching others what you have learned is the task there after.

You are in the process {work} of incorporating those aspects that need to be balance. But there are aspects to this balancing that need to be resolved. There are barriers that are preventing you from completing your goals.

You are waiting on something to happen. The mother may be your inner nurturing self or/and she could be conscious aspect that leans itself to your path in life {perhaps earlier life experiences}. You may consciously or unconsciously know this but have yet to realize its impact or function.

Yes, the stairs lead down into the deep unconscious. Look to early nurturing for some answers. Or this could be pointing to your mother's influence during your whole lief.

These life experiences may lend themselves to your indecision in life. It has created a barrier to that other self. The unknowns are there because of life's influences. You are searching for the true self.

You have consciously realized something important. You are working your way through the barriers, the unconscious controlling influences {we all have these unconscious mechanisms from early life experiences}. The foreign environment are the unconscious aspects, unknown {disappeared} from conscious knowledge. Without knowing/acknowledging these controlling aspects you will be unable to be your true self, alone {without the great benefits of knowing the higher Self}.
Cambodia is a foreign place, green {growth} but full of danger. This is the hero journey, seeking personal/spiritual growth in a world of mischief and dangers.

Now I am reading your added info. Cambodia is a real destination, conscious and unconscious {my explanation}. I don't see your father but I do see your mother. The dream does seem to be about the inner self first and the conscious concerns as secondary.

Take my mother references and determine how that fits. As I said I don't see the father anywhere in the dream unless the Professor is related to him. Let me know your impressions and i will review the mother/father aspects.



Jerry

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