Ian Wallace Interpretation:
Situation where I can step into the unknown and take a more straightforward approach to opening up any new opportunities
Dream: You open a door while exploring a building and find a mysterious corridor stretching out in front of you. The corridor is long, sometimes curving off into the distance and has lots of doors leading off from it. It may be bright and well lit or appear like a dark and shadowy passage. You feel quite cautious about venturing down the passageway because you aren’t sure what you might encounter further down there. As you start moving along it, you pluck up courage to try a few of the door handles and peep into the rooms. You are often surprised with what you find inside.
Meaning: When you dream about a mysterious corridor, you are often reflecting on opportunities for change in your waking life. A building symbolizes your self and doorways usually represent the thresholds that you have to cross in order to step into new opportunities. The door you open symbolizes a boundary you are negotiating in your waking life and this has started you on a path that makes a number of other opportunities available to you. These possible courses of action are stretching out in front of you and some of them may appear brighter and clearer than others. If there are just a few doors then you probably have just a few options to choose from. Lots of doors suggest you feel overwhelmed by choices. The corridor can also feel like a maze where you open one door and it leads to another corridor, which leads into another, until you feel completely lost and disoriented. This can indicate that you feel forced into making decisions that are taking you further and further from where you want to be. Venturing down the passageway also represents a rite of passage where you have to leave the past behind in order to step fully into your future. Working your way along this passage is often a process of discovering unrealized possibilities, however, rather than encountering unpleasant surprises. The corridor usually leads into a much greater appreciation of your self and all the talents and resources that you possess.
Action: The thread running through this dream is that you are travelling through a period of change and need to make some choices about what is best for you. Although you may feel you are being forced to follow a particular path, you have the power to open up a whole lot of possibilities. You may feel anxious about crossing this threshold but it will allow you to step into a new area of your life. The best way to make your choice is to take some time to explore each of the opportunities opening up for you.
Background: The rooms in a building symbolize different aspects of your character and the corridors are how you transition between these aspects of yourself and discover previously unknown opportunities in the process. All cultures have rites of passage where participants take part in a ritual that celebrates their transition from one significant stage of their life into another. This process of self-discovery is an instinctive and dynamic progression. The word ‘corridor’ is derived from the Italian correre, meaning ‘to run’ and reflects this natural movement and flow from one life-stage to another.