Lately Bear has been appearing during my dreamtime, and I'm having a difficult time figuring out the messages. I live in an area with a large bear
population and I'm not afraid of them during my waking state. But when Bear appears to me in my dreams I'm usually afraid of him and have difficulty
interacting with him, or he does something that frightens me.
This morning I had a dream where I was fishing in a pond (which later turned into a swimming pool -- funny thing, dreams). I suddenly caught a huge fish and happily started reeling it in. Just then Bear appeared and snatched the fish off my line, taking it away from me. Scared, I hid behind a door and watched as at least a couple of dozen bears appeared and frolicked around the pond, wrestling with each other, and causing a huge commotion. It was pure pandemonium. During this I felt a combination of fear as I hid behind the door, and annoyance that my "prize" was taken from me.
The one thing I find interesting about these dreams is that Bear never outright attacks me in the dreams, but he does exhibit a threatening manner or behaves in a way that makes me afraid of him. Sometimes many bears will show up in the dream, like the one I had this morning.
I realize that Bear is trying to teach me a lesson, but so far I'm having trouble figuring it out. I also don't like the fact that I'm always so afraid of him when he appears, and wish I could find a way to overcome that fear so that I can better interact with him. It's like my emotions are greatly intensified during my dream state and it's hard to get them under control.
This morning I had a dream where I was fishing in a pond (which later turned into a swimming pool -- funny thing, dreams). I suddenly caught a huge fish and happily started reeling it in. Just then Bear appeared and snatched the fish off my line, taking it away from me. Scared, I hid behind a door and watched as at least a couple of dozen bears appeared and frolicked around the pond, wrestling with each other, and causing a huge commotion. It was pure pandemonium. During this I felt a combination of fear as I hid behind the door, and annoyance that my "prize" was taken from me.
The one thing I find interesting about these dreams is that Bear never outright attacks me in the dreams, but he does exhibit a threatening manner or behaves in a way that makes me afraid of him. Sometimes many bears will show up in the dream, like the one I had this morning.
I realize that Bear is trying to teach me a lesson, but so far I'm having trouble figuring it out. I also don't like the fact that I'm always so afraid of him when he appears, and wish I could find a way to overcome that fear so that I can better interact with him. It's like my emotions are greatly intensified during my dream state and it's hard to get them under control.

