Communication

Material aspects: Communication occurs on so many levels that images of modern technology can now accurately mimic in dreams the way we communicate.

A stored document suggests that we are making a link with past memories or stored information which we may need to access in order to progress.

The computer and other high technology images are now such a part of people’s lives that it very much depends on other circumstances in the dream as to the correct interpretation of the image.

A computer crashing, for instance, suggests that there is a problem with the means of communication rather than communication itself. As modern day technology spreads, such an image may simply be a means of conveying a message from the unconscious to the conscious mind, whereas in other cases it will be a reminder of personal potential or abilities.

A keyboard, requiring a certain degree of skill, can suggest the stages of proficiency we need to acquire in order to communicate our ideas efficiently.

Careful research into speech shows that we constantly use a miracle of mental functioning in communi­cating with each other. Each sentence we hear spoken under­goes enormous forms of analysis. Each word is taken and a meaning sought. This is compared with other meanings, de­pending on context in sentence, conversational direction, speaker and speaker’s tone. At unbelievable speed, we formu­late our response, with similar search and comparisons, as well as filters controlling social situation, mood, status of per­son being addressed, and so on. All this takes place with almost no awareness, so we can think of it as a process of the unconscious. Factors which govern subjects spoken of and choice of words are also largely unconscious.

Feeling that you need to say or express something, or that someone else needs to hear or understand something.

A need to be heard.

The way the communicator in the dream tends to interact with others (for example, someone speaking gently could represent a person you consider to be gentle with others).

An actual communication from your past (perhaps portrayed in a different form), or a desired, imagined, or feared communication.

Consider also the dynamics between the communicator and the recipient.

See Words, Writing, Voice, Listening, Phone, Text, Email, Letter (Message), Typing, Texting, Help, Calling for, Confiding