Dreams

How many of us really remember what we dream about every morning? C'mmon tell me what did you dream about last night :) cars, stacks of money, food, project deadlines, parents, children or simply....don't remember ? :)

What color do you dream in ? I honestly don't know mine :)

Dreams are formally described as an experience of envisioned images, sounds, or other sensations during sleep. The events of dreams are often impossible or unlikely to occur in physical reality, and are usually outside the control of the dreamer.

The discipline of dream research is know as oneirology.

We as humans are often trying to interpret our dreams (that is if we remember them !), and seeing if there is some message being conveyed to us. Does a nightmare mean that we are being forewarned of an impending mishap ? Does a happy dream mean that we will be bestowed with untold good fortune ? Some of the religions even go to the extent of believing that good dreams are from God, and bad dreams are from Satan himself :) They are many times vehicles of prophecy and history has evidence where predictions were made with these as a basis.

One of the theory of dreams states that dreams are metaphorical translations of waking expectations. There is a fulfillment of these expectations, and thus it frees the brain to respond afresh to each new waking day.

Many hold different views on the purpose of dreams. Some believe dreams serve no purpose at all, while others believe they can help us understand their subconscious thought possesses to overcome psychological difficulties. One theory suggests that dreams help us compensate for the parts in our “total personality” that are underdeveloped in our waking life. A contradiction to this is that our psyche in dreams is the same as our conscious behavior.

There is a very popular theory that dreams help us solve problems we are currently dealing with in our lives, especially psychological problems.Some dreams may reflect upon a problem you are having (and you may even come to a solution once you’ve woken and thought about it), they almost never present a plausible solution during the dream sequence.

Enough said, but I firmly believe that a calm, positive mind is the key to all good things including waking up from a restful night filled with pleasant dreams - innun date your very core with positive thoughts - sleep well, and wake up with a smile!

J Krishnamurty who's philosphy I think is unparalleled, had to say the following on the unconscious mind -

"So it is very important to understand not only the conscious, but also the unconscious mind. The unconscious mind is much more powerful, much more insistent much more directive and conservative than the conscious mind; because the conscious is merely the educated mind which adjusts itself to the environment. He is adjusting himself, as you do, to the environment, to the pressure from outside, but inwardly he is the same - that is, the unconscious is still the residue of the past"

Read the following poem - which talks about dreams as aspirations- dreams that we dream!

Dreams
by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.