Dream #1:
................in the dream I feel like I am my age now though it felt as though the previous dream events, which I can't recall, were from the past.
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This then is suggesting that time is naught, and only an illusion, (and in the dream state you'll note there is NO time, EVER......other then a confused exchange of timing events), so one may be young, old, or even in a different lifetime, but still "recognizable",to you in the dream states............
Dream One.
I am at my cousins house in his upstairs bedroom....we are looking out through the window.....its a large window that goes right down to the floor and there are smaller window hatches at the top. We can see the whole of their large garden....where we used to play as kids....
Again, like the other, this relates to your own "state" of consciousness.
Since YOU are not in YOUR own home, but rather a cousin's, I'd say that the dream is pointing this out, you need to be in YOUR OWN element, or state of consciousness & awarenss, and not in another's, although, it's not "bad" per se, only that the point is being looked at, i.e. "thru another's windows", or perhaps Perspective??...........just a hint here.
of course many of us when we dream and create symbols to then interpret, will deliberately put ourselves into all manner of enviorments, so this should be understood, as we ourselves are creating our own reality and/or enviornment.....everything else is just a symbol then.
................Now the fact that your cousin & you are apparently close, OR as children were close, and enjoyed looking onto the gardens from various windows, gives one a "good feelling" I presume here, again another plus for the dream & it's emotional content.
a Badger, trotting about in the Garden.....the badger notices we are looking at him and approches the window. Then the Badger furiousley scampers back and forth along the front of the window which is now at ground level.
You said, "We".......so try & think about WHAT traits or mannerisms about this cousin is important to you? What part of his manifestation to your psyche does he then symbolize?..........Whenever others are in our dream state, WE are putting them there for just such a purpose, to "define" what the symbols are as they themselves are definitions of something to you.........(just a hint for future dreams).
The "badger" from dream 2 I've already ascertained, he symbolizes a part of your, your own consciousness.
He "tries to get your attention"............just like our higher self tries to get our attention in the dream realms.
The "impossible jumps",like on a trampoline, is purposeful, as an effort to "get your attention", I would think.
I like this dream and it's symbolic content.
There is an "Old joke " here in America, (and I'm old, lol), because I remember it, but it reminds me of this dream:
JOKE:
.............The farmer says you must treat the mule with respect and kindness, and then the farmer picked up a 2X4 and hit him, right over the head with it.
When the shocked onlooker asked"I thought you said, you must treat him with kindness & affection ?"....why did you do this?
The farmer Responded, " I DID, but FIRST, you must get his attention"
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The badger is trying to get your attention, or rather "your higher self" is trying to get the attention going, of the conscious mind,/(ego), to then be able to work with you.
Other more enlightening dreams will follow once it sees it has "your attention"............so look for them.