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Nature
ROTTING
FRUIT
It’s a sad day when what was once
new and wholesome gets left unwanted
and slowly rots. This applies not only to
fruit: anything grown from seed that
goes unappreciated and ignored is
being denied its destiny. Dreams can
tell us more.
PILES OF UNWANTED FRUITS
There are heaps of apples and pears left to rot.
You nd the sight distressing, thinking of the
people who might have welcomed these
unwanted goods before they were inedible.
Someone then appears in the dream and
shovels piles of the fruit into a container: so they
do want it! You realize that rotting fruit has a
purpose—perhaps to add to a compost heap
or to feed birds in winter.
Action Never assume! Your dream is showing
you that rst impressions are not necessarily
the right ones. That pile of unwanted fruit had a
planned future, but not as you imagined it. Can
you link this observation to events in your life?
If assuming rst and being surprised later is a
pattern of yours, correct this instinctive habit. It
keeps you from seeing the bigger picture.
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Rotting Fruit
PAST THEIR SELL-BY DATE
You dream of a group of beautiful women
visiting a market. One pauses by a fruit stand.
Suddenly, she calls to her companions that the
fruit here is overripe, well past its sell-by date.
She’s warning them against buying what she
insists is rotting produce, despite the stand
worker’s angry denial. You notice she looks
upset and worried rather than displeased. You
feel sorry for her, realizing the fruit is not the
real reason for her distress.
Action Can you identify with this woman? Do
you fear that you’re reaching your sell-by date
in looks? Take a hint from the feelings in your
dream. You were sad to witness her emotional
response to the fruit she called rotten—she
was transferring her feelings about herself
onto the freshly picked market produce. Your
psyche is showing you that people get
frightened about not looking good enough.
Accept it’s what you are that counts.
AN ANGRY MOB THROWS
ROTTEN FRUIT
Men and women hold protest signs, and you
edge forward to see what’s going on. It looks
like a political meeting: key people arrive to take
up their places. Someone then throws rotten
tomatoes at several of them. Those at whom the
rotten fruits are hurled are surprisingly unrued.
You feel sorry for their plight yet somehow know
they feel the aggressive act was justied.
Action If you are currently angry about recent
unfair behavior, consider what this dream is
underlining: you want to show your disgust in a
disgusting manner. But the victims take their
punishment without reacting furiously. Try
confronting whoever treated you unfairly, but
use calm words only—and wait to see if the
dream message isn’t played out in their
response, your anger and their guilt
respectively resolved.
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