As I was recounting this dream to Darchelle I recognized multiple symbols shared with
another
dream a few years ago which featured a dog at a summer camp. In that dream I needed to pee but
was unable to find a suitable place to do so, and I needed to eat but the meat that I wanted was all
gone. That dream symbolized my adoption of a belief in God in which I relinquished my authority to
determine or change what I believed about myself as well as God. This dream retains the symbols of
a summer camp and a dog, representing Christianity and/or the church and my belief in God
respectively, but in this dream I am searching for a place to sleep rather than to pee, suggesting
that the theme is preparing for my death.
I have already pooped on the grounds of the summer camp. Defecating is a rare symbol in my dreams
and is probably represents a more aggressive form of self-expression than does urinating, which
is a fairly common symbol. In this dream I believe it represents my repudiation of Christianity, an
act which the dream suggests is not without consequences. I need to deal with the used Kleenex.
In waking life I do not feel much concern the consequences of rejecting Christianity as I anticipate
my death. The dream perhaps suggests that my lack of concern is a mistake - I put the dirty Kleenex
into the wrong car.
The dog is with me, something I had not realized until the young man mentions it. It is allowed at
the camp, although not without some conditions. The dog may represent my current beliefs regarding God,
which the church, and people in the church, can accept as long as I am not too outspoken about them.
Regarding another symbol, the blinds which I move out of the way to make room for a place to sleep
resemble the blinds in the home I shared with Susan during our marriage. Moving them likely represents my
leaving Susan after I learned that I was going to die. The rest of the stuff on the floor may represent
the relationships and possessions both physical and virtual which I have accumulated over the course of
my life. I fear I will be leaving a mess behind for others to clean up after I die.