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“Last night, I had the strangest dream!” How many conversations in your life have started that way? People are future.
Others say that dreams depict real life. Still others believe that dreams are a manifestation of what we want to be.
Interpreting dreams has evolved over the years to what some consider an art form. We spend one-third of our lives
sleeping. In the average lifetime, six years is spent dreaming. That’s more than 2,100 days spent in a different world!
Every night, we dream an average of one to two hours dreaming and usually have 4-7 dreams per night.
Consider some of these other facts about dreams and dreaming:
• Everybody dreams. EVERYBODY! Simply because you do not remember your dream does not mean that you did not
dream............
• Dreams are indispensable. A lack of dream activity can mean protein deficiency or a personality disorder.
• Men tend to dream more about other men, while women dream equally about men and women.
• People who are giving up smoking have longer and more intense dreams.
• Toddlers do not dream about themselves. They do not appear in their own dreams until the age of 3 or 4.
• If you are snoring, then you cannot be dreaming.
• Blind people do dream. Whether visual images will appear in their dream depends on whether they where blind at birth
or became blind later in life.
But vision is not the only sense that constitutes a dream. Sounds, tactility, and smell become hypersensitive for the blind
and their dreams are based on these senses. The dream world is fascinating full of speculation, hope, and sometimes
even fear. We can wake up from a good dream feeling refreshed and hopeful. On the other hand, we can wake up
from a bad dream feeling tense and apprehensive. Ever since Freud's Interpretation of Dreams was published, there
has been recognition of the importance of dreams. But even before that there were dream interpretations. People had
superstitious notions about dreams - for example, "Something is going to happen because I dreamed it was going to
happen."
This is a common misconception. Regardless of what some people might say, if you dream you are falling and don’t
wake up before you hit the ground in your dream, you will not die. If you dream that someone close to you dies, that’s
not an omen to warn you of their death. Dreams do not predict the future. What dreams can do is provide a sense of
insight into ourselves. They can help us cope with situations we’re unsure about. They can guide us in a certain
direction when faced with uncertainty. They can simply give us an overall good feeling as we dream of something
pleasant. The dream state is an experimental playground which gives you a chance to explore and express emotions
without the usual inhibitions you may display in your waking life. Dreams provide an avenue of expression for that part
of yourself that knows both your history and your potential as a spiritual being. Another way the universe provides
guidance about relationships, careers, and health problems. Through dreams you may find answers to your spiritual
questions and even receive encouragement to some challenge in your life. While some dreams may allow you to release
bottled emotions from your day's activities, others can lead to profound insights in a psychological or spiritual way.
Acquiring the ability to interpret your dreams is a powerful tool. In analyzing your dreams, you can learn about your deep
secrets and hidden feelings. No one is a better expert at interpreting your dreams than yourself.
Remember that a dream unifies the body, mind, and spirit. It provides you with insight into yourself and a means for self-
exploration. In understanding your dreams, you will have a better understanding and discovery of your true self. So stay
awhile -- explore, discover, have fun, and find out what's in your dreams!
DID WE ALWAYS DREAM ?
That may seem like a silly question, but think about early man. Have people always dreamt even when the world around
them was quite simple and mundane? The answer is yes. While we cannot have definitive proof of
paleo-man, we can know that back in the Roman Era, striking and significant dreams were submitted to the Senate for
analysis and interpretation. What did man do with these odd images that appeared during their sleep? Well, they did
what we do today – tried to interpret them! Dream interpretations date back to 3000-4000 B.C. where they were
documented on clay tablets. For as long as we have been able to communicate our dreams, we have been fascinated
with them and strive to understand them. People in primal societies were unable to distinguish between the dream world
and reality. They not only saw the dream world as an extension of reality, but that the dream realm was a more powerful
world. Back in the Greek and Roman era, dreams were often seen in a religious context and messages from the gods.
Temples, called Asclepieions were built around the power of dreams. It was believed that sick people who slept in these
temples would be sent cures through their dreams. In Egypt, priests also acted as dream interpreters. The Egyptians
recorded their dreams in hieroglyphics. People with particular vivid and significant dreams were believed
to be blessed and were considered special. People who had the power to interpret dreams were looked up to and seen
as divinely gifted. In the bible, there are over seven hundred mentions of dreams. Tracing back to these ancient cultures,
people had always had an inclination to interpret dreams.
Dreams were also seen as prophetic and an omen from outside spirits. People often looked to their dreams for signs of
warning and advice from a deity, from the dead or even the works of a demon. Sometimes they look to their dreams for
what to do or what course of action to take. Dreams often dictated the actions of political and military leaders. In fact, in
the Green and Roman era, dream interpreters even accompanied military leaders into battle to help. Some interpreters
aided the medicine men in a diagnosis. Dreams offered a vital clue for healers in finding what was wrong with the
dreamer. Dreaming can be seen as an actual place that your spirit and soul leaves every night to go and visit. The
Chinese believed that the soul leaves the body to go into this world. However, if they should be suddenly awakened, their
soul may fail to return to the body. For this reason, some Chinese today, are wary of alarm clocks.
Some Native American tribes and Mexican civilizations share this same notion of a distinct dream dimension. They
believed that their ancestors lived in their dreams and take on non-human forms like plants. They see that dreams as a
way of visiting and having contact with their ancestors. Dreams also helped to point their mission or role in life.
During the Middle Ages, dreams were seen as evil and its images were temptations from the devil. In the vulnerable sleep
state, the devil was believed to fill the mind of humans with poisonous thoughts. He did his dirty
work though dreams attempting to mislead humans down awrong path. In the early 19th century, dreams were dismissed
as stemming from anxiety, a household noise or even indigestion. Hence there was really no meaning to it. Later on in
the 19th century, Sigmund Freud revived the importance of dreams and its significance and need for interpretation. He
revolutionized the study of dreams.
TYPES OF DREAMS
Daydreams
Studies show that we all have the tendency to daydream an average of 70-120 minutes a day. Day dreaming is classified
as a level of consciousness between sleep and wakefulness. It occurs during our waking hours when we let our
imagination carry us away. As our minds begin to wander and our level of awareness decreases, we lose ourselves in
our imagined scenario and fantasy.
Lucid Dreams
Lucid dreams occur when you realize you are dreaming. "Wait a second. This is only a dream!" Most dreamers wake
themselves up once they realize that they are only dreaming. Other dreamers have cultivated the
skill to remain in the lucid state of dreaming. They become an active participant in their own dreams, making decisions in
their dreams and influencing the dream's outcome without awakening.
Nightmares
A nightmare is a disturbing dream that causes the dreamer to wake up feeling anxious and frightened. Nightmares may
be a response to real life trauma and situations. This type of nightmare falls under a special category called Post-
traumatic Stress Nightmare (PSN). Nightmares may also occur because we have ignored or refused to accept a particular
life situation. Research shows that most people who have regular nightmares have had a family history of psychiatric
problems, bad drug experiences, people who have contemplated suicide, and/or rocky relationships. Nightmares are an
indication of a fear that needs to be acknowledged and confronted. It is a way for our subconscious to make up take
notice. "Pay attention!".
Recurring Dreams
Recurring dreams repeat themselves with little variation in story or theme. These dreams may be positive, but most
often they are nightmarish in content. Dreams may recur because a conflict depicted in the dream remains unresolved or
ignored. Once you have found a resolution to the problem, your recurring dreams will cease.
Healing Dreams
Healing dreams serve as messages for the dreamer in regards to their health. Many dream experts believe that dreams
can help us avoid potential health problems and help us to heal when we are ill. Our bodies are able to communicate to
us through our dreams to "tell" us that something is not quite right with our bodies even before any physical symptoms
show up. Dreams of this nature may be telling the dreamer that he/she needs to go to the dentist or doctor
Prophetic Dreams
Prophetic dreams also referred to as precognitive or psychic dreams are dreams that seemingly foretell the future. One
rational theory to explain this phenomenon is that our dreaming mind is able to piece together bits of information and
observation that we normally overlook or that we do not seriously consider. In other words, our unconscious mind knows
what is coming before we consciously piece together the same information
Signal Dreams
Signal dreams help you how to solve problems or make decisions in your waking life.
Epic Dreams
Epic dreams (or Great dreams) are so huge, so compelling, and so vivid that you cannot ignore them. The details of
such dreams remain with you for years, as if your dreamt it last night. These dreams possess much beauty and contain
many archetypal symbology. When you wake up from such a dream, you feel that you have discovered something
profound or amazing about yourself or about the world. It feels like a life-changing experience
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