Won't let them sink

[MistressLex]

Last night, I dreamed I was standing at the edge of a shoreline, and a bright, blazing fire burned on the other side of a deep, dark lake—maybe an ocean.

I felt angry, and sad, and hurt... but I stepped into the water. I soon realized I was walking across it. I reached the middle of the lake, and the blaze in the distance grew brighter, warmer.

I looked behind me and saw a familiar face slowly sinking. Fear struck me as I turned and reached out, catching their hand before they could go under. I could feel the soul-weary oppression in them. They didn’t want to try anymore. They just wanted to be still... to sink.

Their face slipped beneath the surface, but I kept my grip. I refused to let go. I pulled—with everything I had. Every tool. Every heartbeat drumming in my ears. I felt the fire build inside me and flow into them—my pain, my pleasure, my sorrow, and my joy becoming coils that reached down and gripped them.

And I would not let go.

Not until I reached the other side of the fire.

And for once—I wasn’t tired, or weary, or sorrowful.
I was glad.

As I pulled, their face rose for breath, and the color returned to their skin. They couldn’t rise yet... but they would.
I knew it.

With a certainty that felt born in my bones, I pulled harder—gently but relentlessly.

And waiting on the shore, near the fire... twin lions stood.
Watching.
Waiting.
Until I reached them.

 

[Helia]

Lex, from my point of you it seems to be an archetypal dream with great symbolism...but without any ideas from you, or we call it "to amplify a dream" there is nothing what i would dare to say about...has something happened to you what might have triggered such a dream?🎏

 

[MistressLex]

Lex, from my point of you it seems to be an archetypal dream with great symbolism...but without any ideas from you, or we call it "to amplify a dream" there is nothing what i would dare to say about...has something happened to you what might have triggered such a dream?🎏

I recently did a cleanse because I was having a lot of anxious overwhelming feelings...brought on by long ago issues and traumas.
After I did it... and have been practicing some breathing and grounding rituals the anxious nagging and clawing have vanished. But there were other outside factors. I tend to have many dreams that layer with symbolize, colours and feeling... been like that my whole life. But this one made me feel glad.. and calm... right in a way.

 

[Helia]

Then the "familiar face" could be you...pulling yourself out of that situation...the lions ( especially as a double) is a powerfull symbol...
In jungian thinking we call the " doubling of a motif" a special message..double lions ( if you research..) Are often at churchtowers etc...kingly symbols..

 

[PaulKH]

To me this seems a clearly spiritual-motivational dream, a very potent display of essence of purpose (motivation in a specific direction), disheartenment from the past (what's behind you), the traveling on from that (walking out over the water), rescuing that part of you that wants to stop and let your anger-sorrow-hurt drown you, but--amazingly enough--the dream *shows* you the amount of effort and determination to keep that from happening. It's far more than about caring and having the will, it's also having the ability and doing the hard work, made all harder by the inability for the other part to stay afloat. This is incredible symbolism, and very true of how our existence is structured; without that purpose (reaching the other side of our life, or just the other side/across a deep lake of a particularly troublesome situation), no effort or self-help will save us--we have to be able to *see* that distant fire before we can head out toward it, part of that promise must be *in* us in a way that we can share or illustrate it (this is ancient symbolism, and almost always used when talking about that inner fire).

These days, with the glare of superficial distractions, it becomes more and more difficult for people to find purpose, to see the value waiting to be had in themselves, and this almost always leads to tragedy--this dream seems to me to be an incredible boost, a verification that its out there, waiting for you to do the work/arrive, and bring what would otherwise drown along with you (more potent of a display than any teacher-type telling you about your potential worth, because in the dream you can *feel* it deep in your bones, your essence from which *you* spring)!

It also helps that you took the time to honor the dream in your retelling, to express it in ways we can also feel, and for that specialness I thank you.