Im not a person who dreams, hardly ever in fact.  But last night I had this long long long dream which was going on over and over in my head, and it was so realistic that I woke up exhausted this morning because I had spend most of my night running!   Anyway, this is the dream......

Im in a helicopter and being flown over very hot sandy terraine, a bit like I imagine certain parts of Australia would be, red sand and the occasional huge craggy rock here and there.   Anyway, I have to be lowered down from this helicopter to deliver these huge boxes to people who live below.  The boxes are about the same size as a large coffin, but they are not coffins ok.  They are full of stuff that the people need.

Now the problem that I have is that every time the helicopter gets over head and Im being lowered down with the boxes this allerts a pack of tigers who all come running.  Somtimes I get off the rope and get the boxes into the houses, but then the tigers come and I have to run for my life, away from the house and try to get back to the rope to be lifted up to safety.

This dream went on and on all night, and whilst in my head I knew it was a dream, I still had to continue to deliver the boxes.   I was totally shattered when I woke up this morning, and have not regained my energy at all, I feel worn out.

Im not one to think about having dreams interpreted, but this one has left such an imprint on my mind that I have to wonder if it actually has any meaning.  So any of you into dreams who feel that they might know the meaning of it, then I would be most interested to hear.

Thanks.

Your dream is talking to you about your caring nature and your willingness to help others.  I feel your dream is telling you that you are rather overwhelmed and need to learn to say no as once you loved to help others but now it has started to become to much and somewhat a burden and even caused unusual bouts of anger and regressed emotional feelings within you.  I feel your dream is asking you to set some boundaries and asking you to balance your load.  Riding in a helicopter, this might mean you need to slow down and stop trying to please everyone. Boxes in dreams mean the dreamer has been trying to control strong feelings. Dreaming of a tiger symbolizes repressed feelings or emotions that frighten you.  The landscaping describes the range of emotions as it is dry and hot it usually indicates that there is anger, or some form of annoyance.  It could also indicate someone feeling a little exhausted or feeling tired of all the commitments around them.  The rope indicates you are doing somewhat of an exhausting balancing act.  The dream ask you to look to your boundaries and not to be afraid to say no.  

cheers ozzylinda

Hi Cameo

I agree with a lot of what Ozzylinda says, but might have a couple of alternatives.

Overall the dream seems to speak of being 'above people' and helping those who are 'beneath you'.  This does speak to me of charity.  I am not sure if you are involved in charity or not, or how or what charity this involves.  The specific message I see are the tigers as being sort of 'predators' that are preying on your charitable side.  ie that which you are giving you are trying to keep to the needy, but when you start giving, people who don't really need your services come out for a free feed so to speak.

Some food for thought in regards to this symbology. What stood out to me is the nature of the desert scenery, the stark lack of water.  Water is a significant symbol of emotions.  Could it be that this charitable action is lacking an emotional attachment?  I suppose what I am saying is that the dream could potentially be questioning the motive behind this charity.  Whether it is for your ego (helicopter, rotates around itself) or perhaps a spiritual requirement (Australian desert = sun burnt country; sun = spiritual energy; burnt = overdone?).

Let us know if this applies at all, more information might lead to better associations and context of the symbols present here.

Sweet dreams,
Rook

Thank you all very much for your input on this, and I 'take onboard' everything that you have all said, and find it quite facinating to be honest.  As requested by the last poster Im going to give you a bit more information now on myself and my life, and then maybe you can see other meanings too.

Right, well as for the giving side of me, well yes that is an integral part of my natural make up, and I do try to help people whenever I can, and hope to do t his on a daily basis if possible.  I find that by helping others this helps me to feel better about myself, as I try to live my life by the standards of one on my favourite songs, which goes a bit like this........

have I done any good in the world today?
Have I helped anyone in need.
Have I cheered up the say
Made someone feel glad
If not.... then I have failed indeed.

Have the sick and the weary been helped on their way
When they needed my help, was I there?

So yes, giving is part of my nature.  However where I live at the moment is a very claustrophobic situation (for various reasons waaay too long to go into on here), but hubby and I want to sell up our house and move elsewhere, somewhere where we can have some privacy, as we have no privacy at all where we live, with a constant stream of unwelcome visitors at the house every single day.  So this is the thing that is uppermost in my mind most of the time, every single day.  So I was wondering if there was something in the dream that pertained to this, but it seems that there was not.

Hope this added info helps.  But would like to say again, thank you for the interpretaions, I found them facinating.

Wow

I thought your dream was relating to the season of being xmas and newyear where it is really busy for most at this time of year.  It sounds like you do have a fairly busy lifestyle with many visitors as you said.  I think your dreams are trying to help and give you options to find a happy medium for both you and your hubby.

My brother cares for his family and he was wearing himself out and was exhausted with caring and doing everything for his family and friends.  I was concerned with his wellbeing and said to him you cant please everyone brother your wearing yourself out and if you get sick then you will be no good to anyone. You need to change things I told my brother to my surprise he agreed and my brother decided how much time he was prepared to give his family and friends allowing himself free time and he also whent on a trip for to try and break the patterns as well. He loves to fish so it was a fishing trip lots of time to think.  My brother said it took some doing but he now has a program that suits himself and is far more relaxing as he like yourself got truely exhausted with the constant visitors and the demands placed on him.  My brother is more relaxed and seems to be alot happier with how his life is going these days.

cheers

ozzylinda