THE DREAM I am in a slaughter house. I don't realize where I am. its very dark. when I approach closer to my horror I see a man chopping dogs heads off. I am very shocked at that because I expected chickens or other suitable animals. He insists I do the same and chop a dogs head. I see a few dead dogs and a few live ones. I manage to take one dog with me and run. the dogs were beautiful. black Kolly about two or three years old. I see myself lying in bed later and fondling with the dog in the most affectionate way. I feel very good next to the dog.

GUESSWORK The dreamer was at a lunch the day before that stuck in his mind. The dreamer was realising that he was not as ruthless as he needs to be. He belongs to a world that demands a degree of pushiness and his natural character sits in opposition to that.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. Chopping dogs heads off is a symbol for ruthless behaviour. It could easily represent the need to be ruthless which was an important theme in the lunch the previous day.

DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to the lunch the day before. The dream deals with the following themes
- Ruthlessness that the dreamer feels uncomfortable about.

If you weave together the different themes you find that they could capture this thought that the dreamer was thinking at the time -"At the lunch yesterday I realised how I need to be more pushy. It goes against my nature. I maybe let opportunities go by unlike John who was telling us how had achieved so much. I enjoyed the comradeship as we sat and studied."

Dreams will often be about such fears. Dreams are about the reality of our emotions. They bring to life possible painful feelings that we may have to encounter. In many cases such dreams help us overcome problems by making us value relationships much more and try to put differences aside.