Dark Detective Patiently Waited for me to get back to his Dream
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I, for some reason, had arranged to have dinner with the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. We sat down inside a restaurant that was on a boardwalk and started to talk. He was a little intimidating, he seemed on edge and was ready to blow up at the slightest provocation. At one point a blind man was walking in towards another table – James spotted him, and yelled “Quiet!” at the top of his voice, twice, at everyone in the restaurant, who was until the man reached the table. I get the impression Brown did this so he could “hear” his way to the table(?)
Dinner arrived, which was a huge plate piled high with layers of what looked like salmon and salad. I took my first forkful then paused as James Brown said “I hope you like armadillo.” I remembered him ordering it (though it didn't register when he did), so I knew he wasn’t joking. I tried a mouthful, and said it was okay (tasted like fish!) but as soon as I said I liked it I was hit by a nasty aftertaste.
Anyway, dinner came to an end and James shook my hand and starting talking in some groovy rhyming couplets, none of which I understood, but seemed to be sexual innuendos and advice about how to treat a lady right, then we parted. He didn’t seem particularly sincere about enjoying my company.
I also recall some fragments about killer robots and a lightsabre duel, with me being an ineffective Darth Maul, but don’t remember much about it.
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This dream probably occurred whjen you were undergoing some type of self-evaluation, I would guess. Probably about a one-time incident in which you may have been wondering if you did the right thing and have been trying to convince yourself that you did.
(I know, I know, it could be said that we are
always undergoing some form of self-analysis. But this dream includes several major activities that point to Dark Detective's investigation of his methods of acting on a situation in the way that he did at the time the dream occured.)
It appears that D.D. may have recently (well, recently according to when D.D. had the dream,) reacted to a situation in an manner that D.D. felt very comfortable with consciously, but which caused his super-consciousness to critically evaluate in a somewhat chastising tone.
The first important element, of course, is that your subconscious picked out James Brown as a dream companion. Any dream characters are really just aspects of your own psyche. Someone that you project some characteristic (or opposite characteristic,) of yourself onto. To get a really accurate interpretation of the "James Brown" dream companion, you, D.D., would have to describe him as you see him, and what you think about him. You could then probably start seeing that the adjectives that you have used to describe "James", you would also apply to yourself, or some characteristic that you may harbor and reject.
If it were my dream, I would say that choosing the "Godfather of Soul" was significant in it's nomenclature. Your super-ego may be trying to tell your ego that you need to oversee some spiritual or even ethical dilemma in which you find yourself.
You are seated at a restaurant near a boardwalk. This is near the seaside and water. You are on the edge of an unconscious issue, as water usually signifies the depths of the unconscious. This issue is most likely within your subconscious, but you haven't jumped into the subconscious (the water,) to drag it up yet.
(I should interject a note here about dream interpretation. When you begin to become more aware of your dreams and discussing them with someone else in this type of forum, any definitions that I/we agree on will be stored in your subconscious. I.E.: The symbology of water as the subconscious (a Jungian archetype,) will actually be remembered by your subconsciious and used as a communicative symbol in a dream when the subconscious feels it's appropriate. This is by no means a negative integration of symbolic language, it just illustrates that once you begin to investigate your dreams on a regular basis & in a consistent fashion, you will also begin to recognize the symbols that you (and your subconscious) have consciously agreed on to represent certain layers of your dreamworld's consciousness. In this case, I would bet you read another dream interpretation where a seaside was involved and it was mentioned that it was the subconscious' depiction of itself. What happens is a communication "loop" is established once you begin to do this regularly.) Anyway...we now return to our regularly scheduled program...
Being next to the seaside, but also in conjunction with a "Godfather", of "Soul," no less, would indicate to me that your superconsciousness is trying to get your attention about some occurance that you are avoiding and have buried in your subconscious, hence this restaurant's position next to the seaside on the boardwalk.
The blind man is another aspect of how you see this situation, or rather refuse to see this situation. James Brown seem's a "little intimidating, he seemed on edge and was ready to blow up at the slightest provocation."
Since you cast him in the role of the overseer of your conscience, "The Godfather," as it were, I would think that your superconscious is irritated with this nagging, unresolved issue and is now ready to get on with forcing you to consciously deal with it, hence the intimidating attitude that you felt in the dream. When your Godfather yelled "Quiet!", you got "the impression Brown did this so he {the blind man} could “hear” his way to the table."
This seems like your super-ego is really telling you that you must listen to it or you will not be able to "see" the issue clearly.
I am guessing that there may be some moral or ethical dilemma involved because of the spiritiual elements in the dream: "God", "Father", "Soul", and that you also end up eating what you think is fish...a symbol in Christian theology. That it is NOT actually fish, but "armadillo," could mean that what you think represents itself on a spiritual or "soulful" level is not what it appeared at first.
It also seems that your superconsciousness is agitated by this realization, because it (what you thought tasted like fish, that is,) left a "nasty aftertaste." The armadillo is a fascinating substitute for a soulful or spiritual dinner, but there is no "one" way this choice could be interpreted.
What do you think an armadillo is? This needs a detailed description on a personal level...you will find some reason you chose this animal to replace what you thought you were eating. If it were my dream, I would immediately think of the hard protective "armour" the animal sports and think that maybe it would be undigestible because of that. The "nasty aftertaste" might signify that "undigestible" conclusion as an underlying thought in your choice, also.
Armadillos are not usually on restaurant menus (that I know of, at least,) so you end up eating a non-food dish ( & also not the salmon it actually tasted like,) in a restaurant by the sea. That would be a sign that what you think you are dealing with openly, is really somewhat hidden or presents itself as one thing while actually being another. Perhaps the "blind" man is trying to tell you to look at things carefully. James (your superconscious,) yells for "quiet!' so you can "hear" at least, if not "see" your way.
Have you been doubting any spiritual issues lately? Has something occured that involves your view of "God" or your defintion of a religious matter? (Not necessarily one of a Christian* nature.) Maybe someone close to you is asking that you somehow re-evaluate your stand on organized religion. Or it could just be that you feel that you are blind to aspect of your own spirituality and your superconsciousness is trying to get you to "listen" to allow that "blind man" to be able to see.
(*I hesitate getting into too much religious speculation, as I do not think that every dream deals with a person's struggle with his/her place in the universe. But Jung felt that many dreams did just this. That no matter how you consciously describe your attitudes or belief system in a religious or spiritual manner, Jung felt an individul's subconscious will always have a connection to the Universe, via the Collective Unconscious. And since we all live and die, Jung thought that all of us [will usually] develop an idea, at some point, of what our place in the universe might be. Jung felt that that struggle at spiritual definition, (no matter how it manifests, whether through organized religion or even as agnosticism, ) would nevertheless be defined and dealt with on some level. And very often dealt with on a dream level when a spiritual dilemma arrived.)
The other conjecture I would make concerning the choice of an African American Icon of "Soul" to represent your superconsciousness, would be that you are probably a caucasion who sees issues of spiritual content 180 degrees away from your personal vision of your lifestyle. Hence your subconscious chooses a dream character the total opposite of yourself, even down to race. And maybe even nationality. Perhaps you are not American, either, making "The Godfather of Soul" even more of an opposite archetype. (Just as the gender of dream characters might be significant, racial selections can be meaningful, too.)
If you are African American, your intimidation by someone of similar racial background would indicate that you are closer to the issues represented by the "Godfather of Soul," but still rejecting them, hence the intimidating element you project onto James.
You do part on fairly good terms with the Godfather of Soul, and he even gives you some advice on how to treat "a lady right." Sexual innuendo could also be interpreted as creative energy, and if you are a man, the feminine is your creative side. This could mean thet the dream was about to deal with another issue entirely...and then you mention that you recall that another dreamscene (seems unrelated,) intervenes, with light sabers, etc.
If your ego felt like James wasn't particularly sincere about enjoying your company, I would guess that "his" insincerity was a reflection of your avoidance or "insincerity" in dealing with this issue, whatever it may be. (Remember you are the one harboring "James' " insincerity towards yourself!)
Think of John Lennon and "I Am The Walrus."
"I am he as you are me and we are all together," I think is how it goes.
At least in the dream world it does!
-Sudi
is now green?
