Those Who Are Good At Interpreting Dreams--What Do You Make of This One?

Question

It is one I have had more than once. I believe I know the meaning, but I want to hear what others have to say.

I am riding on a train, and it is nighttime. I am the only person in my compartment, and I can see the dark countryside moving by--there are almost no lights, only the moon. I seem to be dressed neatly, but I am not sure exactly what I am wearing, other than that I know I am wearing a skirt. There is a small travel case in the overhead bin above the seat across from me, but I don't know if it is mine.

There are people moving around the train, in the corridors, and while I understand their language, I cannot make any of them answer me when I ask them where we are going.

The train begins to slow, and I walk to the head of the car, and step out onto the platform to hang my head over and see why we are slowing down. This is what I see ahead of me:

http://www.remember.org/jacobs/BirkEntrance.html

I have no idea if I am German or Jewish.

What are your ideas?

By the way, that photo is a photo of the main rail entrance to Birkenau, the women's compound at Auschwitz. The train rails ran right through there, and that photo is taken from the are where the unloading ramps were.

It's a Nazi concentration and death camp from WWII.

Elphin:

The reason I offer no other suggestions besides German or Jew is because that building was built by the Germans specifically as part of the camp--it was not standing before then. After the war, it was kept as a reminder, but it has not been used. The only time trains went in and out of there was during the time when Jews were being transported to the camps.

I guess a better way of saying it would be to say I don't know which side of the conflict I am on. Am I working with the Nazis, or am I a persecuted Jew?

Answer 1

I am not a professional so take that into consideration. My guess is your subconscience is concerned that you are not sure of your identity. That is you really don't know who you are.

The train ride is an attempt to find out who you are. You are a loner......rather unsure of yourself.......don't really know why you are searching.....you are frustrated because people do not hear you.

I have no idea if I am German or Jewish........you listed no other options.

What are your thoughts?

The screen you posted is certainly a fear. Since you don't know who you are, where you came from, or where you are going.......and you have no influence.......you fear that you might be Jewish and being Jewish is the last thing you want to find out you are.

Answer 2

Is there any way your are able to research your ancestors?

Sometimes in dreams our soul travels in the past, goes over the present, or goes into the future.

This seems to be a dream of the past. It could have been a great aunt or great uncle trying to communicate to you. Sometimes they are able to show us in a dream what they experienced.

The people moving around the train, in the corridors, and you are unable to get any of them to answer you. This is uncertainity until you reach your destination.

I am picking up three aspects to your dream.

1)This is almost a dream of warning, not to travel by yourself.
2) A dream of uncertainity about a very important decision.
3) A dream of an ancestor trying to reach you.

Traveling at night is something not being revealed, moon signifies a false sun, the moon does not actually shine, it reflects the sun's light. It almost seems as if there is a deception. Someone is not telling you the truth, it is almost as if it is flattery and those who know this someone might know the scheme but are not telling you the truth.

Is this someone your are dating? Is this someone with the potential to cause you physical, mental, or any other type of harm? This could be a male or a female.

The small travel case almost represents temptation. Are you going to go for the bait?

Whatever you do, please think things thourougly, and be careful. Use good judgement in your decisions and your intuition regarding other individuals. Take a step back and really think before acting and/or speaking, also use analysis. Something might seem one way but is actually it is not the way you think.

Answer 3

Well dreams are random burst of thoughts strung together by your mind during your sleep, but some of it may make a little sense but dont expect to much accuraccy from a dream.

I can guess is that you feel alone and shy, the train represents life and it is moving forward, you try to communicate but know one listens, hinting at the fact that you feel alone and misunderstood. The train coming to a station probably has nothing to do with Nazis or Germany, maybe you have been learning about it recently or have been watching movies and your mind randomly pulled out those images like it will do during sleep.

Answer 4

There are people who have recollections of past lives, either their own or someone else's. You could be hypnotized and be asked questions about the WW II prison camp.

I watched a movie and it is based on a book about a woman's life who from when she was a girl drew pictures of a church in Ireland. She had many vivid memories. As an adult, went to Ireland to find the female and the children she seemed to grieve for and dreamed about with constant memories of a life in Ireland throughout her life. She researched and found the tombstone and the remaining living children. It was very touching. She said even she is not sure if she had lived before or if she just had memories in her head of this woman. I can't remember the the title. It was very touching

Perhaps, your sighting could be such a situation.

Answer 5

According to Dreamcrowd:

A train can be very complicated and its meaning is specific to the dreamer (as all dream symbols are). If you normally take the train to work and it is a part of your daily experience, closer attention should be paid to the other details of the dream. Going on a train ride may be symbolic of your life's journey. If you are the engineer, you may be reassuring yourself in the dream state that you are in control of a specific situation or life in general. The train could also be symbolic of your need to move on and to do things in an orderly and sequential manner. Freud said that the train is usually a phallic symbol and that a train going through a tunnel represents intercourse. Freud also said that there are other possibilities to this symbol. For example if you missed the train in your dream, you may be fearful of missing important opportunities. Jung thought that the train ride represented the way a person moves and behaves just like everyone else and that you the dreamer may be striving for wholeness.

The car in your dream may symbolize the physical self or ego development and ego function. In that, it represents the way that you travel through your life's journey. Consider all of the details in the dream, including its emotional content (e.g. difficulty of the road, identity of the driver, direction of the incline). Recurring car dreams usually deal with life's major themes that may include issues of control and sensibility. By carefully examining this dream, you may gain insight into important areas of life, including to how well you are navigating from one stage of your life to another, if you are assertive and take charge or are passive. Dreaming about traveling in a car is a very, very common dream theme that provides valuable information in regard to a specific part of or long-standing theme in your life's journey.

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Answer 6

Browen,I am going to let my wife answer this one..she of a belief close to you.

Answer 7

I would say that it sounds like a past life where you were Jewish...