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States & actions
Sleeping (within a dream)
Rest, rehearsed
What it often means
To sleep inside a dream often points to a part of you that has been over-tired in waking life — or to an aspect of self that is "asleep" to its own situation, asking to be witnessed.
When it tends to appear
- During exhaustion that has been ignored
- When you have been on autopilot for too long
- When something needs gentle awakening
Sit with these questions
- 1
What has been numbed in the name of getting through?
- 2
Where in life are you the one asleep?
- 3
What rest has been overdue?
Did this symbol visit your dream?
Decode the whole dream