Dreaming About Food: Feeding the mind, spirit, and body.
When you eat food in a dream, you should ask: What are you feeding yourself?
Are you feeding your mind, body, spirit, emotions, or any combination of the 4?
Food is meant to nourish you; to sustain your life and promote your growth. (You grow new cells every day!) Food in your dreams, therefore, can help you to see how you are using the things around you to sustain your life and promote growth. The condition of the food in your dream tells alot about the condition of the “thing” the food is representing in your life.
What condition is your food in?
- Nutritious: Represents what is good for you.
- Junk: Represents what is bad for you.
- Good: Represents something that is good.
- For instance, if you think candy bars are good, they would represent something good, although not necessarily good for your body.
- Bad: Represents something bad, it’s the opposite of a good food.
- Fresh: Could represent a new idea.
- Rotten: Could represent something that is no longer a good thing. Something is spoiled. Rotten food could also point to that fact that you feel someone is “spoiled rotten”.
How are you getting your food?
When you are involved in harvesting, gathering or purchasing the food in your dream, this points to a personal involvement in bringing what is needed to you at this time. You are doing the necessary work to supply that which is needed to sustain life.
When someone else is bringing the food to you, or gifting you with the food, this points to something from others. When the food is “good” this implies something good. When the food is “bad”, you obviously don’t want something from that source.
Is someone feeding you? Note what they are feeding you. If you believe the food is “good”, then there probably isn’t any issue, but if you believe the food is “bad”, then you might be getting fed a crock of shit by somebody in your conscious life.
When someone is spoon-feeding you, it could point to the fact that you feel as though you’re being treated like a baby.
Sharing your food is, of course, about sharing things in your life that could be of benefit in sustaining someone elses life.
Throwing away your food is getting rid of things that no longer promote growth, for whatever reason.
How are you eating your food?
Are you having a picnic? Picnics are a carefree meal, eaten in the open. There’s nothing to hide, no worries. When things in our life are going good we say that life is a picnic. Picnics in our dreams speak of being carefree, without worries.
Are you at a banquet? Banquets are an abundant meal. Usually for some type of celebration. Banquets in our dreams speak of good fortune and happiness.
How do you feel?
When you feel as though you are starving for food in a dream, this points to a feeling of a desperate need for something.
When you are feeling “stuffed” this points to an overindulgence in something.
Personal experiences with food in dreams:
Dream: An old lady at a well telling me to eat blueberries.
Meaning: I was being told to eat blueberries long before the antioxident rage, they are extremely good for you. This dream was telling me to eat healthier.
Dream: Racing against time looking for just the right food. Being tempted by many things, but refusing to settle until I found the perfect, nutritious one.
Meaning: This dream was about not settling for things in my life, it was telling me to keep seeking until I found the things in my life that were good for me.
Dream: In a few of my dreams I am at a banquet or in a food court before I pass through doors where I can see people who have crossed over.
Meaning: I am being given that which I need for my growth — which is spiritual in this instance – in order to visit this place.
The other clues in your dream will help you determine what your dream food is representing at this time. I can only hope that my understanding of food in dreams has given you food for thought!
As always, thanks for reading,
Michelle