Here's what you have to do. I'm going to ask you to visualise a particular thing and you have to close your eyes and get a really clear picture of it. If I say "Car" you need to think of the first image of a car that comes into you mind and properly sticks in it. I want to know the colour of it, the model, the age, etc. Just concentrate until it's there - it may change a bit before fixing properly.
Okay, all set?
The first thing you need to think of is a FOREST. Get it really clearly in your mind. You're walking along through the forest. Think about the trees, the ground, what you can see and hear around you. Picture it until it is clearly in your mind.
Next thing I need you to envisage a BEAR. Look at it and take in all the details - how far away you are, what it is doing, looks like etc.
You leave the bear behind and continuing along you come across a KEY. Picture that key for me, really clearly.
A little bit further you come to a well or a spring. There is fresh water to drink. You drink from it with a DRINKING IMPLEMENT. Picture that item, just as you have done every thing before.
Next you come across some WATER. This could be a pool, a stream, a river, a sea - I don't know. It's your dream. Fix the water in your head.
You cross the water - it does not matter how - and progress further until you come to a RESTING PLACE. You're tired after your walk and you rest here. Take in all the details of the place you stop at.
And hey, ho - we're all done.
What does it all mean?
So what does it all mean? Well, if anyone who is an actual psychologist is reading this they will probably say this analysis is utter crap. BUT - I've done this same silly game with lots of people I know quite well and am amazed how I can actually guess some of their responses quite accurately. Remember this is just a bit of fun.
1) The Forest is your view of life. The brighter and sunnier it is, the brighter and more positive your view of life in general is. If you have a dark coniferous woods with packed trees and very little light you are more prone to see life as difficult and challenging. If it's cold, dark, and winter - well, you've a bleak outlook on life. A bright coniferous forest with sunlight pouring between glades and well spaced out trees indicates a similarly bright view of life for you. Bonus points for birds singing, happy little squirrels, pretty flowers and shit like that.
Also, were you on a path? I didn't mention anything about one. If you were just walking between trees, fine. If it was an actual path stretching off that you could see, it means you have a clear path where you are going in life. If it is a metalled road then you are really clear where you are heading.
2) The Bear is your view of other people - particularly in social situations. The bear's position is important. If it is standing up it is more scary and threatening than if it is down on all fours. The bigger and more fierce the bear and its position, the more frightening/ challenging you find meeting and dealing with new people in general.
Think about how far you were away from the bear. If you kept well away that speaks for itself. If you just ignored each other that's in the middle ground. If you actually approached the bear and did not find it scary in any way, then again that illustrates how likely you are to be at ease just going up to new people and dealing with them socially.
3) The Key is your artistic side. Most people seem to go for an old-fashioned type key, but the level of detail is key. If you spent ages picturing an exquisite old key with lots of detailing, then you have a highly developed artistic side. If you had a Yale type key then you just think of something that does its job and you're probably an engineer who considers a stick man art (only joking, chill!)
4) The Drinking Implement is your personal standards. One of the lads drank from a rusty old bucket. That says it all to me: would you? Ewww! Call me a princess, but I had a sparkling crystal goblet. You're drinking from whatever you selected and there's an element of personal hygiene and standards involved in that. The more particular you were about the cleanliness of the implement you were, the more particular (aka fussy or even anal) you will be about such things in your life. I didn't care I was in a forest by a well - I wanted Bohemian lead crystal and it had to be new, thanks!
5) The Water is your sex drive. The faster your water is flowing, the more important sex is to you. If you had a still calm little pool, it's no big deal to you. If you've a babbling brook it's becoming more important... get to a fast flowing river and you're starting to become a bit of a stud muffin. If you had a waterfall, well I'm just not going to comment. [PERVERT!]
Also the wideness of the water is interesting. If it was a just a little stream (even if fast flowing) and you could hop straight over, it means your sexual interests are quite narrow. The broader the expanse of water, the wider your mind in matters carnal. So there.
6) The Resting Place is what you'll be happy with materially out of life. The pickier and more demanding you are about the place, the more things you will have to have before you are happy. If you had a whole list of demands about shade or sunlight; protection from the wind or sun etc, it is indicative of what you require in life. An easily pleased person just wants a nice sunny glade to sit down in on the ground; a more demanding one wants a bench.
Anything man-made is upping the demands considerably - I've heard resting places with four poster beds in the middle of the forest. I'm ashamed to say mine is a tree house and is pretty much pictured below. I'm never going to be happy, am I? :S (NB it has air conditioning and one of those nice rain water power shower wet rooms too, please). You may have a very clear path through your forest, but your ending place is very simple. I had no path, but knew what I wanted when I got there.
Fascinating, isn't it? The sheer range of things that people can come up in their heads when you say "imagine a resting place in a forest" is amazing. It is your subconscious that is throwing them up (apparently) and as I said at the start it can be very telling indeed. I had fun putting together the images for this blog - all of these pretty much represent what appeals to me most and is what is "there" for me when I think of the things.
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