hold

In the Language of Mind, to hold is to keep your will and attention fixed on a single intention so it is not released before it can manifest. Look at the form and function: to hold is to grasp a thing in your hand and refuse to let it go, and the hand is the mind's instrument of will — the faculty by which you take hold of a desire and shape it. So when you are holding something in a dream, your subconscious is showing you a thought, purpose, or way of being that you are choosing to keep gripped in attention rather than set down. Willpower is exactly this: the steady holding of attention on one idea until it takes root and grows.

Read the variations by how the holding feels. Holding firmly and with ease = an intention you are carrying with conscious commitment, your concentration strong enough to keep the seed planted; struggling to hold on, or it slipping from your grip = a purpose you want but cannot yet steady your attention upon, a call to strengthen the very tool that holds — focus, meditation, breath. And notice what you grip: clutching it tight against the chest can mark an attachment you have not been honest about needing, while being asked to hold something you did not choose is an aspect of self being handed to you to carry. That is one gesture, read clean. The hand that holds, the object held, the room you stand in while holding it — each is still speaking. Your subconscious talks to you every night in this exact language; CHITTA is simply where you learn to read the rest of the sentence. Go within, or go without.