Chavodel8en
Contributor
This dream, about 1 year ago, was all on land, but started out diving related. I was walking around geared up, happy to start a dive at my most common local shore dive site - except of course it was transformed into a magical dreamscape, with puddles and trees and like amusement attractions.
There was a friendly sea lion scampering around playing (the local site in real life is the best site for sea lion encounters (Breakwater in Monterey)). Dream started very happy and playful. At some point I understood that the sea lion was my dog - Mafalda. I was delighted to see her running around, as in real life, she was very old, and could only walk slowly.
But then the sea lion started running interference for me, trying to warn me about something dangerous. There was a lion and tiger on the loose. The dream turned ominous, I felt in danger. The sea lion turned into Mafalda the dog, and she lured the lion & tiger away from me. She was so fast and dynamic, like in her youth! She kept running up into trees to lure them, and running down again when they started coming after me. At a certain point, they treed her and stayed near the tree. I felt helpless, I tried to lure them away, I threw things at them, but they wouldnt move. I was too afraid to attack them. Sadly, I understood that she would not survive. I felt guilty because I had been walking around blissfully without recognizing danger and because I wouldn't attack the lion and tiger.
This was right around the time when we knew Mafalda was on her way out (she passed in December - 14 years old, a mutt, but she looked like a black lab crossed with a Chow Chow), so the dream was obviously more about my appreciation for her (she was an awesome dog), but it started out diving related. At the end though, the setting was a savannah.
I think I have dreamt about being underwater before, but nothing I can recall vividly, like this dream.
There was a friendly sea lion scampering around playing (the local site in real life is the best site for sea lion encounters (Breakwater in Monterey)). Dream started very happy and playful. At some point I understood that the sea lion was my dog - Mafalda. I was delighted to see her running around, as in real life, she was very old, and could only walk slowly.
But then the sea lion started running interference for me, trying to warn me about something dangerous. There was a lion and tiger on the loose. The dream turned ominous, I felt in danger. The sea lion turned into Mafalda the dog, and she lured the lion & tiger away from me. She was so fast and dynamic, like in her youth! She kept running up into trees to lure them, and running down again when they started coming after me. At a certain point, they treed her and stayed near the tree. I felt helpless, I tried to lure them away, I threw things at them, but they wouldnt move. I was too afraid to attack them. Sadly, I understood that she would not survive. I felt guilty because I had been walking around blissfully without recognizing danger and because I wouldn't attack the lion and tiger.
This was right around the time when we knew Mafalda was on her way out (she passed in December - 14 years old, a mutt, but she looked like a black lab crossed with a Chow Chow), so the dream was obviously more about my appreciation for her (she was an awesome dog), but it started out diving related. At the end though, the setting was a savannah.
I think I have dreamt about being underwater before, but nothing I can recall vividly, like this dream.