Material aspects: The implication that an animal or person in dreams is living suggests that it still exists.
To dream of a dead relative as being alive suggests either their existence in memory or within the spiritual dimension, depending on our beliefs.
[1]Psychological / emotional perspective: If we consider that to live is to use energy effectively, any image in dreams that highlights this, constitutes a reminder. Live ammunition, for instance, suggests that care and control of danger is necessary.
[2]When something is live it is full of – perhaps unspent – spiritual energy. Considering such energy may alter our perception of the life we live.
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