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Dear Stephanie,

 

I’m a single male, forty-six-years old, clean-cut and straight-laced.  I live alone, have never married, and I work a dreary service-type job.

 

In nine out of ten of my dreams, they are set in a metropolitan area which is not at all familiar to me in my waking life.

 

In every, single solitary one of these dreams, I am a passenger in a bus, and someone else is driving. I don’t like the way the driver is driving at all!  It is so unnerving that I force myself to wake up in the middle of the night just to get out of the dream!

 

My personal theory is that in my most recent prior life, I was a passenger who died in a traffic accident in some big city in the USA.  What do you think?

 

Thanks,

Andre

 

 

Dear Passenger Dreamer,

 

Sorry, I don’t agree with your theory about your prior life being the source of your recurring dream.  This recurring dream is not about how you died last time, but it is about how you are living this time.

 

In dreamwork, being the passenger in any vehicle is never a good thing.  When you are the passenger, you have no power, and you’re just along for the ride.  Your frustration is not really with the driver but with yourself and your passive, “passenger position” in life.  The dream recurs, trying to inspire you to “get behind the wheel” of your own life where you should be the driver.

 

Even in your abbreviated bio, you sound like you’re sitting on the side-lines:  single, straight-laced, living alone, never married, working a dreary job.  Your dream message broadcasts, “get off the bus, get out of the dug-out, step up to the plate, and get into the game!”

 

You’re supposed to be the star of your life, not just an observer.  Put your energy into living your life, this life, and replace your frustration with some fun!