stealing

Dreaming Lens: Were you stealing, or were you being stolen from? Were you a witness as opposed to a participant? Did you know the perpetrators? What was being taken? Were you present for the act, or was it something you discovered? Were you hiding facts or attempting to uncover truths?

Personal Focus: To steal is to take something that belongs to another. The objects of theft are often things of value. Therefore, the symbolic meaning implies resources or levels of abundance that are coveted and then taken without permission or regard for consequences. The opposite of stealing is being stolen from. This uses the same themes, and adds the elements of violation and loss.

Begin considering your interpretation of this symbol from the appropriate perspective, based on which side of the act or consequence of stealing appeared in your dream. Often inherent in the act of stealing is the presence of betrayal, so look for areas of your life in which this may be present. For deeper clarity, take note of the category in which the stolen property might fall. The more valuable the item or items that are stolen, the higher the emotional stakes are being expressed by the dream. Personal items might spark you to consider more intimate issues in your life, including circumstances of an emotional, private, or hidden nature. Theft in a corporate or institutional environment may be revealing underlying issues surrounding your more worldly considerations, such as politics, your workplace, or your larger community.

If you were a witness to thievery in your dream as opposed to the victim or perpetrator, a more complicated process will be called for to reach an accurate interpretation. If this is the case, use the Character Aspects of both sides of the theft to examine what elements of your personality might be compromising other areas of your thinking. When faced with unknown elements associated with this symbol appearing in a dream, incorporate your ignorance or lack of awareness into your interpretation. Stealing in a dream may be the inciting incident of an investigation that needs to commence.

1- To dream of stealing suggests we arc taking something without permission. This may be love, money or opportunities.

If someone steals from us we may feel cheated.

If it is by someone we know, then we need to work out how much we trust that person.

If it is by someone we don’t know, it is more likely to be a part of ourselves that we don’t trust.

If we are in a gang of thieves, then we should look at, and consider, the morals of the peer group we belong to.

1- Stealing is a very emotive word for most people, and it will depend on the dreamer’s background as to how they feel about inappropriate behaviour. This image also comes up when dealing with the emotions.

For instance, a ‘needy’ person may feel they are stealing affect ion.

2- Spiritually, stealing is using energy inappropriately. At each level of awareness we have certain power available to us which must be used wisclv and well For instance, ‘black’ magic could be interpreted as stealing. Psychic Vampirism’ is another form of stealing.

If they are poor and feel like they have no other alternative or if they are greedy and do not want to put the time and the effort into earning what they need.

(The needs could be emotional as well as material.) Stealing alludes to moral questions in the dream’s psyche. Consider all of the details of your dream and try to understand why the stealing is taking place. Are people taking from you without your permission, or are you trying to reap the benefits of that which you did not earn? The message from the unconscious may be that of self-evaluation, neediness, and morality.

The understanding of this dream may bring you closer to understanding your deeper needs which will ultimately lead to greater happiness.