Commitment
Long ago, post-divorce, as I sat pondering the nature of reality in my Manhattan apartment late one night, I realized that it was commitment – and not liking, loving, lusting or whatever – that would enrich and keep a relationship going through all the storms and eddies of both mundane and sacred life…now here is Dr. Steven Fox with his wonderful dream analysis on this critical subject…
Originally posted on Dreams: Guide to the Soul:
A Commitment Is Forever
Dream 287: A 47-year-old man dreamed that he and his wife were on a beach. They took their wedding rings off and threw them into a pleasantly rising wave in the ocean. They felt safe and relaxed.Interpretation
A circle is the best symbol we have for the soul because it has no beginning and it has no end. A ring is circular and is worn on your finger virtually permanently. A wedding in a dream represents the integration of male and female aspects of the dreamer as it stands for a man and woman forming a committed relationship.
Water is almost always emotion. The ocean is the best symbol for subconscious emotion that there is. The dream indicated that their emotions were rising. What the dream is saying by their throwing their rings into a rising tide is that their commitment to one another was…
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