DESERT : Our dream studies have revealed some interesting results studying desert dreams. If you analyse a dream symbol in depth then you start to gain an insight into its deeper symbolic meaning. What is a desert? A desert is a lifeless place where nothing much grows. Understanding this simple fact helps us reveal its symbolic meaning in dreams.

Desert dreams seemed to occur when the dreamers were thinking about the lack of something (often the lack of friendship,or the lack of interest or meaning to something). One dreamer had been thinking about his boss - the day before he realised that they were not really friends. He had previously thought their relationship was special but the day before something happened which showed this was not the case.

Other desert dreams occurred when the dreamer had been thinking deeply about their relationship with someone and had concluded that they did not have any strong and meaningful emotions towards them.

Other desert dreams occurred when the dreamer had realised that they did not really enjoy something. Another dream was triggered by the dreamers negative thoughts about his life in general.

So any desert dream can be linked to any thoughts were you have been looking deeply at the absence of something:The absence of feelings for someone; the absence of meaning to something; or the lack of interest in something. So we can conclude that dreams use dreams to express complex feelings. Its just a matter of analysing them in the right way.

QUESTIONS to help you make associations(pick the one that makes most sense to you)
- Did you realise yesterday that a relationship lacks meaning and is not is important as you first thought?
- What tasks are you doing that really do not enjoy?
- How is there a lack of meaning to your life right now?

KEY WORDS : No feelings, meaningless, unenjoyable, lack of respect,` lack of real friendship(write down some quotes that capture your key feelings on issues that have been dominating your mind)

KEY PHRASES(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially of the new thoughts and feelings you have been clarifying in your mind) :
- "there is no real feelings there"
- "it wasn't a true friendship"
- "he doesn't really love me"
- "he never really loved or respected her"
- "I just do not enjoy it at all"
- "It all seems so MEANINGLESS"
- "a LACK OF real meaning to the things I am doing"

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SEE ALSO : Trees : Farm : Gardens : Plants : Villages : Towns : Streets
DREAM STUDIES : Farms,deserts,gardens and plants : Trees : Deserts
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Below you will see a series of quotes. Each quote represents the meaning of a particular dream(these are all dreams where the meaning is understood totally). For instance one dream may have meant that the dreamer was having trouble at work. In that case the quote may simply be "There is a bad atmosphere at work". Some information is included about which dream symbols were included in the dream(within the squares brackets). Often a sample dream is included which shows you how the dream interpretation was reached.
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DREAM ANALYSIS : What is the symbolic meaning of deserts in dreams?

The land in dreams symbolises the facts and relationships and circumstances of our life. So if the ground has lots of growth then it shows that life holds meaning for us in some way. But deserts show that life in some way lacks meaning.

Deserts can symbolise life in general and how life seems to hold no meaning for you at the time of the dream. E.g.

"Things have been terrible for me recently and nothing I do seems to have ANY MEANING"[Dream Dictionary - desert]

Deserts can also refer to your job or to parts of your life. The desert may show that this portion of your life is not as important or as meaningful for you right now.

"I used to think it was the RIGHT JOB FOR ME but now it leaves me cold"[Dream symbol - deserted scrubland]

"I am bored at the moment. My days seem to be endless and meaningless"[Dream symbol - desert]

Deserts can also symbolise a relationship which you now realise is has no real depth or meaning. E.g.

"Well I thought yesterday had marked a real improvement in my relationship with my neighbour. But today he just blanked me"[Dream Dictionary - desert community][the dream which this quote is based upon is featured in full at the end of this article ]

"I have come to realise that he doesn't really love me. He just likes to dominate me"[Dream Dictionary - desert]

"I thought that my friendship with my co-worker was much more than I thought. I thought she was a real friend but when I saw her outside work she just said Hi and walked right on"[Dream Dictionary - desert scrub land]

"My friend was thinking of getting back together with her ex boyfriend but I got into an argument because I was trying to say how bad he was for her and how he never really loved or respected her"[Dream Dictionary - desert]
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DREAM TIP : Deserts will generally link with something that doesn't mean anything. So simply try to make associations. Dreams concentrate on new things in your life so look for an issue where a lack of meaning features. Maybe you have realised that a relationship means nothing to you or that your job means nothing to you.
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SAMPLE DREAM
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THE DREAM I am at some kind of desert settlement. The buildings seem to be run down or ruined. It is some shared community and people seem to be cooperating.

THE REALITY The dreamer had generally had a bad relationship with her neighbour. But recently she had had a good talk with her. But the previous day she saw her again and this time they ignored each other again.

DREAM ANALYSIS Deserts and scrub land with little greenery in it refer to relationships that lack meaning. If a desert appears in your dream it refers to a friendship without meaning - someone you cannot really depend on. Many dreams can be specific to the day before. They are written in the language of the mind. It can either refer to an absence of real friends in your life or a moment when you realised that a friend was really not that much a friend.

There was an issue with a theme along these grounds the day before. The dreamer had for a long time not got along with her neighbours. But a couple of days before there had been a minor break through. However, the next time she saw her neighbours they reverted back to the old pattern. They both ignored each other.

The dream does seem consistent with this issue. We do have dreams about all sorts of relationships and neighbours are important in a way - sometimes being on bad terms with someone living so close is something that can upset your mind.

The dream did have symbols that are consistent with the issue. The dream dealt with the issue of community spirit. Here it was associated with a desert showing that the community spirit was lacking.

Symbolic Meanings
COMMUNITY : "your local community and people around you - in this case the dreamers neighbour"
DESERT : "lack of real meaning to a relationship - not really a relationship with any meaning"
PEOPLE : "some thoughts about somebody's behaviour"
RUIN : "a idea or way of thinking that has been overturned - in this case recent improvements in the dreamers relationship with his neighbour"
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer - "I thought I had got on better relations with my neighbour but we started ignoring each other again"

See how the Symbolic Meanings above weave together to form a key insight in the DREAM MEANING

DREAM SYMBOLS - D
• Dad
• Death
• Death Sentence
• Deep water
• Demon
• Devil
• Deserve
• Desert
• Died
• Disgust
• Distress
• Disturb
• Doctor
• Dogs
• Dolphin
• Dragon
• Drown
• Drugs
• Drunk

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