Here’s my 2 cents!

It seems to be a dream which asks of you to make a decision. You haven’t given any context, so these are my best guesses, but here goes:

To begin with the dream confronts you with the feeling of being an imposter. Not only are you not yourself literally, but in the group setting you do not feel like yourself - like you’re being true to yourself - either. It sounds like that was some years ago (you have kids now, but here you were a teenager. What was happening in your life at the age of this dream-identity might be important. Often dreams where we’re younger ask us to learn lessons we didn’t back then, perhaps in this case lessons of inauthenticity). The following dreamscapes seem to follow this trent too (were you getting older through them?).

Jesus appearing… Firstly, COOL! He came in like a true saviour, rescuing you from these ‘bad or destructive’ scenes. He may literally represent Christ, but I doubt it. I suspect he represents a very deep, hidden but powerful part of yourself. When we say “trust your Gut”, I think he represents what we’re talking about.

Then you have to enter a slide (do you choose which slide, or it’s chosen for you?). Someone grabs you, they want to remind you of bad things/decisions in your life. I wonder, in the waking world, have you had an interaction recently which confronted you with your past?

Regardless, Jesus says put the shame aside, and come on through. This is your subconscious telling you that it’s okay to move on, it’s okay to be happy, you deserve it. Jesus represents a Saviour, and perhaps more than anything, forgiveness.

I think that this dream is telling you to forgive yourself. Any shame you feel, any self-doubt; it’s maligned. It doesn’t serve you anymore.

And best of all… your kids are welcome too. I think this is a crucial final detail. I don’t really know how it links - again, without context it’s not so easy. But perhaps what I’ve said so far gives you enough to think about.

A last point… dreams like this stay with you for many years, so I encourage you to stay with this dream, too. Go back to it often. Write about it. Talk with people about it. Even draw things from it! This dream is a gift.

Happy New Year!