Thank you for the reply. It makes sense. Several parts stand out; namely doing the best I can and then letting it go. Given the daunting financial hurdles it is overwhelming. In addition to poverty, I am defending a dissertation in a week. The poverty is more anxiety provoking. I do have female family members that could help, however, borrowing money from them is also anxiety provoking (male ego). I was relieved in the dream when the bear couldn't get me because of being on a different ledge.

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I checked out bears in the dictionary and it made reference to "mothers." Ironically, I don't have contact with my mother out of my choice. Long history and she was a rather violent person in my youth. However I frequently wake up from sleep in the morning calling her some derogatory a name, e.g. "You're a #@*%^." This doesn't happen when my girlfriend is over. Many different levels to this it appears.

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Bob,
Very good. Your mother could very well fit into the equation with the bear. Dream interpretation can better address the universal aspects but the personal is known only to the dreamer. I applaud your making an effort to look at the dream dictionary for posible relationships to your dream. You discovered by yourself an aspect that only you could know.

As for the feminine. I have put together a new page on Anima/Animus as of yesterday that may help you with this most important aspect of the psyche. As for the feminine in your waking life, perhaps it is time to get past anxieties of asking for help. That is a masculine quality that often keeps men from finding balance in life. Just like a man who does not cry. As long as you keep these things bottled up the more likley they are to become worse.

Thanks for the follow-up. And I hope you can work your way through this difficult time in your life. There are better days ahead.

Gerard

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I WAS WONDERING IF SOMEONE COULD TELL ME WHAT MY DREAM MEANS ABOUT A BEAR. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP WE LIVED IN AN OLD HOUSE MY DAD BUILT AND AS I GOT OLDER WE HAD IT KNOCKED DOWN AND REPLACED WITH A MOBILE HOME ANYWAY ABOUT A YEAR AGO I HAD A DREAM THAT I WAS AT THE OLD HOUSE AND FOR SOME REASON I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW OF THE KITCHEN AND THERE WAS A BEAR LYING UNDER THE CARPORT AND WENT TO GO GET A GUN TO SHOOT AT IT AND IT TOOK OFF BUT WHEN I WOKE MY SELF UP IT WAS LIKE IT REALLY HAPPENED IT HAS BOTHERED ME FOR A YEAR KNOW AND THE OTHER NIGHT I HAD WOKE BECAUSE THERE WAS A BEAR FACE IN MY DREAM COULD YOU PLEASE HELP?

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Kate,
Look at the Dream Dictionaries
and try to determine what symbolic meaning the bear may have. It could be something that relates to those years when you were growing up since the dream takes place in that period of time. If it is still bothering you it may indiacte some past experience that has not been resolved.

Gerard

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