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Bob
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Bob asked in Social ScienceDream Interpretation · 10 years ago

Train versus flowers?

In my dream, I saw a powerful train speeding along some tracks. On one side, an L-shaped pipe stuck out. It could have been an exhaust pipe, but it was actually capped, and under the cap I knew that there were "powerful" flowers. The cap would be taken off when the train stopped, exposing the flowers, and I knew that they would fill the entire station with a beautiful aroma. But while the train was running, the cap had to be on, otherwise the flowers would get damaged by the rushing wind.

I have some ideas on the meaning of this, but am missing something. Any ideas?

Update:

Thanks, Arielle Rain. I take the "methodical" interpretation as the right one. I'm an engineer, and the train is a male, single-minded drive I can have. I don't perceive it as negative ... except that it seems that the speeding train won't let the flowers do their thing.

Hours after posting, I had the thought "stop and smell the roses". I am determined to bring out the flowers, I don't want to cap them.

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  • 10 years ago
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    To see a train in your dream represents conformity. You are just going along with what everyone else is doing. Alternatively, a train means that you are very methodical. You need to lay things out specifically and do things in an orderly and sequential manner. In particular, if you see a freight train, then it refers to the burdens and problems that you are hauling around.?It is also symbolic of manual labor. If you see a passenger train, then it relates to mental work.

    Trains also indicate a life path, or path of events. If you see a train going around a track you may feel your travelinng down a path taht is "controlled" or conformed. When the train stops and exposes its beatiful flowers seems to me it means once its stops off this "controlled path" you are able to expose to everyone beauty and meaning beyond the controlled/conformity of the world.

    This is my idea on it. The train is a huge symbol though.. the flowers represent soemthing havinv to do with when the train stops on its path so thats my best guess

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