Seeking to understand life experiences. Testing your ability to understand yourself or aspects about yourself. Learning experiences as seen from a 3rd party {as in the dream}.

May suggest you need to put your pursuit of acquiring something you wish to have or need into high gear.

See VCR

A barrier: secluding oneself.

a gamble; is it worth it?

foundation, support.

a reward for exploring your unconscious.

May represent the flow of unconscious energy or emotion that you have tried to suppress.

Heated emotions.

Experienced, wise part of self; actual images of parents (may determine your relationship with parents).

Measuring yourself against other people instead of getting your values from inner sources.

You are absorbing something in waking life, or someone else is sponging off of you.

Something is eating away at you, something you can't stomach.

A cleansing may be necessary.

Making yourself immune to your own emotions/position or other people's emotions or situations.