06.07.06
The Worm Dream and its Meaning
I had another dream this morning. This one was much shorter than one I posted on May 26. In this dream I am in my backyard under a large oak tree, I call Grandmother Tree. At the base of the tree is a worm bin I made.
A worm bin is an enclosed container used for housing worms. It has small breathing holes in it so the worms can breath, but it is hoped, not escape. The worms are used to compost garbage. You feed the worms plant based kitchen scraps. The worms then recycle the kitchen scraps into worm poop, which makes an excellent soil additive. (No I am not making this up.)
In my dream I see young red worms escaping and running away from my worm bin. I gather them up and put them back into the worm bin but I know they will try to escape again.
My dream ends.
The meaning of this dream is again not what you would expect. The construction of my worm bin was a labor of love. In real life I am very proud of it. I am responsible for creating these baby worms. But in my dream the fruit of my labor, the new worms that have been born inside of my worm bin, are running away. They are dispersing.
In my dream the escaping worms represent my creative energy. My creative projects are labors of love, but I frequently have a hard time completing some of these projects. My subconscious is telling me that I am letting my creative energy escape because I have not taken care of business. I have not made sure I have secured the worms in the bin. This dream is telling me that I need to be more aware and focused on how I use my creative energy. I need to make sure that I stay focused on my creative goals and don’t get side tracked into wasting energy on activities like playing computer games or watching DVDs.
I see this dream as a pep talk and lecture from my subconscious to stay focused on writing my screenplay and not let it “runaway” from me. I need to be careful and not let my time and energy creep away, like the escaping baby worms.
That being said I continue to take baby steps forward on my screenplay. Last night I loaded my Movie Maker software and played around with it bit. But then later I started playing computer games, so you can see where this dream is coming from.
Namaste,
Swan
