Dream Symbol · Universal Language of Mind
Productive aspect of the self-aware
People within a dream will represent the different ways of being that we are all capable of. We can all be loving, caring, greedy, responsible, reclusive, giving, vengeful, etc. The different people within our dream will reflect each of these qualities within us. An adult within the dream will indicate that this quality is so developed within your consciousness that it is now producing something within your life. This does not always mean that it is productive, for example, if you tend to think negatively, those negative thoughts will produce negative experiences. If you tend to move and operate from a loving place, you will produce more love in your life. An adult within the dream will mean that this quality that it is representing is fully developed.
You will want to look at whether you know them or not, a family or friend will represent that you are more familiar with that quality. If it is a stranger then it will represent that it may be harder for you to identify this quality as being a part of who you are. More important than WHO someone is in a dream, you will gain deeper insight in paying attention to WHAT they are doing.