Waking up
Crossing back from sleep into the day — the return of the directing self to a body that has rested.
Waking up in a dream is the dream's image of the return of the directing self to a body that has been elsewhere. Waking is not a single moment; it is a process during which the day's responsibilities come back into focus one by one. The dream brings the action when something in your life — an avoidance, a deferred problem, an old self that had gone silent — is being asked to come back into active management. A waking that is clean, with the room recognised quickly, is the dream telling you the return is honest. A waking that drags, with the room refusing to settle, is the dream noting that the self is reluctant to take charge of what is in the room, and would rather stay in the other place a while longer.