Some Dreams of Bonsai

Some Dreams of Bonsai

       Several times during my stay in the Phoenix, AZ area (1971-2002), I had a variation on a dream of being at my folks' home there and realizing I needed to water my bonsai. The trees were primarily mame -- which I never really had to that extent -- and appeared to have originated as cuttings from my waking life, still living in my dreams, but long waking gone. The trees were originally huddled together in a corner by the fence where my first Arizona tree had been sited, but eventually the trees were spread around the side yard near my dad's vegetable garden.
       After my move to northwest Arizona (2002-2005), I had a series of dreams taking place in a rental house where, again, I realize I needed to water my little trees. Here they were mostly in a garage/greenhouse among a few household-type plants which hadn't been watered in a long time. The bonsai that I found might have been only a little "worse for wear," but my waking trees were never seen there.

       After receiving some Phoenix Bonsai Society photos last night (09/05/05), I dreamed that one of the members in the picture was starting a spin-off specialty group. In this dream I also saw a small display the club put together which included a miniature and blooming prickly pear cactus, and a few bonsai -- some of those plants were normal and others, side-by-side in comparison, were partly shrivelled by some virus.

       Back in the late-1990s after I had been trying to interest several publishers in my " Big History," I had a dream in which I actually got to hold the published book. I saw that it contained a few errors, primarily because it had been printed from an unedited draft copy one of the companes had gotten from me. But it was quite a rush actually holding the bound volume.

"A bonsai lover, when he reaches old age, often finds it impossible to have a moment's happiness without the companionship of bonsai. While eating, he must have bonsai on or by the table. When calling on a friend, he will take a pocket bonsai or two so that he may show them off. At night, he will put his favourites by his bed and go to sleep only after looking at them long and lovingly. Then he will dream of bonsai, dream of his pet trees appearing in ideal forms! With such a person as this, love of bonsai becomes life itself. So great is the power of bonsai to charm and possess the mind." (Nozaki, Shinobu Dwarf Trees ( Bonsai ); Tōkyō: Sanseidō Company, Ltd.; 1940, pg. 47).

Dreaming of a bonsai tree indicates the limitations of your own conscious mind. You need to consider what your instincts is [sic] telling you. ( http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dream/bonsai+tree, also at http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/b2.htm )