"Dream Momma, I’m a Tampa guy who never remembers dreams but this one I sure did. I woke up with my heart thumping in my chest. Heard about you, read Creative-Loafing and eventually found your blog so I thought you could help me figure this one out.
In the dream, I’m on the ground driving this little car on this highway called the Highway to Hell. I look up and see this plane flying low overhead and I know he’s supposed to shoot me. I try to turn and when that doesn’t work I try to reverse the car but this little car on this Highway to Hell won’t respond. I see the plane coming right at me going lower and lower, its guns pointed at me. In desperation I jump out of the car and then I wake up. Can you tell me what it means?"
Dream Momma will gladly help you help yourself. Judging from the tone of your letter and the fact that you even asked for help tells her you are post-collegiate and at the life stage where your developmental task (what you need to do next in life) is to find work and love. Hummm. Work and love. Both of those entanglements can lead to hell on wheels as they say. But she suspects this is more about your inner world than your outer one.
Now cars are fascinating symbols. They usually symbolize your life's journey. Looking at it from that perspective ask yourself why your car is little or rather what is little about your life. Is it your experience? Your attitude? Your perspective? Whatever. Seek the answer. It's important because whatever the answer is will tell you why you're on the Highway to Hell.
It is also significant that your car, however little it may be, is one heck of a stubborn ride and that could be part of the problem. Are your psychological heels dug in so deep that you can't drive your car (life) out of danger . Dream Momma is concerned. Life can be so boring when one closes down to life's variety and vagaries. Ugh. In addition, one never wants to do anything in desperation. Things can get so messy when that happens.
So Dear Dreamer. Have you a clue? Dream Momma wants you to think about your life, the job, and the relationship you fantasize about. She also wants you to be the pilot. Be your alter- dream ego. The one who derails your life's ride and dashes you desperately into the earth only to be resurrected with wings instead of wheels. What a great place to be. Suddenly everything (great jobs and hot women) become possible!
Dream Momma
Get derailed yourself. Send a dream to dreammomma@gmail.com
This article appears in Jan 13-19, 2011.