HV, you seem really very accurate with your dream interpretations and analyses.
I would ask you to take a look a mine, for they've been recurring and have often bothered me for years.
Since high school ended, I keep having dreams of my old friends, whether in primary or secondary. I went to a deaf school as well as mainstream at the same time. And I changed high schools from Year 10. But my old friends, in those dreams, I am interacting with them depending on what's happening, ie a reunion, a catch up, learning, but they usually take place in a classroom. Sometimes they overlap and additionally, they overlap with the present university setting I currently am in in waking life.
In fact I had one last night.
This may be related but as a background reference, a friend of mine died recently and I went to the funeral two weeks ago. I hadn't seen most of everyone - with some exceptions - since nine long years ago. And though the death was sad, it was also a 'great unifier', it's brought all of us back together reminiscing. In fact, we're going to have a BBQ next Saturday to capitalize on the realisation that life is short, etc.
I know I am at times projecting some of my traits into the various acquaintances and friends that I used to go to school with, but these dreams keep happening.
There's the other recurrent kind I might ask you to help me out with, albeit it's less recurring. The dreams of flying, but they seemed to have become more regular since Christopher Reeve died in 04 and I dreamt, THAT night, about him as Superman. I looked up to him and we both flew to the heights that no man could ever reach and he gave me advice. He appeared in subsequent dreams where danger was present but I felt power and strength running through my veins, and he'd help me out, but I'd feel sad when he would have had to go because I was always so happy to see him. In fact, in one dream, even though I was instilled a sense of incredible power and responsibility, I wanted to abuse it just to get his attention. So I bet a whole town that I could break a sonic boom. The money piles up and I ready myself, when he returns. He is disappointed and we have airfighting! But I knew deep down inside what I did was bad. So I am happier going about my public service duty--catching purse stealing robbers and the like. But sometimes he'd return: one involved helping move a stuck bus; another involved outracing two trains full of school mates. There is even transference for when during danger, when the human traffickers are herding their victims onto a bus and Superman appears and transfers his powers onto me so I could become stronger and take on the traffickers on my own. Another dream brought me back to my deaf school setting, in which Superman (who felt like Superboy in that one) told me on the top of a 'mountain' that my name was Freedom. That was probably the last one the caped wonder showed up, as far as I can remember.
I also have dreams of driving and seemingly never getting anywhere, but it's not without trying and I don't seem bothered by it. On the other hand I do dream of flying, as mentioned before, but I love doing so and feel I can go anywhere, and do so. I sometimes am in control, other times not.
Cheers, HV. Would help me a great deal if they were finally laid to rest, so to speak.
I would say these school mates that keep recurring symbolize reserves of strength within yourself, that can be called upon when needed.
Superman symbolizes the heights of strength, courage, and rejuvenation an individual can experience, when they firmly plant themselves on virtue and goodwill. Superman is authentic, the real McCoy: he represents a connection to the Eternal Truth that may or may not be thought well of, by the society of the dreamer. As the old phrase goes, "What is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right".
Now let's take a look at the snippets you remember:
1) "I looked up to him and we both flew to the heights that no man could ever reach and he gave me advice."
This is literally a dream about a higher calling. Let that voice be your guide.
2) "He appeared in subsequent dreams where danger was present but I felt power and strength running through my veins, and he'd help me out, but I'd feel sad when he would have had to go because I was always so happy to see him. In fact, in one dream, even though I was instilled a sense of incredible power and responsibility, I wanted to abuse it just to get his attention. So I bet a whole town that I could break a sonic boom. The money piles up and I ready myself, when he returns. He is disappointed and we have airfighting! But I knew deep down inside what I did was bad."
At the time you dreamed this, you may have been behaving in a shameful manner. The money could literally represent the cash reward you received for compromising your principles, but it could also represent kudos and approval for said actions. Often the context is the workplace for dreams like this.
3) "So I am happier going about my public service duty--catching purse stealing robbers and the like. But sometimes he'd return: one involved helping move a stuck bus"
Buses symbolize common goals, like the ones we are put to in a workplace. A bus can also symbolize emotions the riders share in common. Moving the stuck bus, again, may have to do with your job, but you would know the waking context better than I. Your courageous side was the right kind of "help" to get things moving again.
4) "another involved outracing two trains full of school mates."
A train represents a well-laid out path that the dreamer may or may not be aware he's on. If these school mates represent reserves of strength, the overall motif of the dream is getting towards your personal goals -- even ahead of schedule -- by all your strengths and virtues combined.
5) "There is even transference for when during danger, when the human traffickers are herding their victims onto a bus and Superman appears and transfers his powers onto me so I could become stronger and take on the traffickers on my own."
The human traffickers are those forces that coerce you (or perhaps you and those involved in some waking project) into acting in their best interests. If you have the courage and virtue to stand up to it, you are the rarest of men. Act on it.
6) "Another dream brought me back to my deaf school setting, in which Superman (who felt like Superboy in that one) told me on the top of a 'mountain' that my name was Freedom."
This dream speaks to who you truly are, aside from the expectations and push-ons that society decorates (or demerits) you with. To be on top of a mountain indicates a great moment of overcoming adversity.
Never forget who you really are.
I truly fear for my life sometimes.
If you think it has something to do with being a teacher, what makes you think that?
