Dreams – Can They Be Understood and Controlled?
Posted: Friday, October 06, 2006
by John Henry
DATALITE
A famous quotation by Bailey epitomised the prophecy belief of dreams in his line: ‘Dreams are rudiments of the great state to come. We dream what is about to happen.’ Many historical books, including of course 'The Bible', show a general and substantial human belief in the power of dreams. Plato, Goethe, Shakespeare and Napoleon attributed to certain dreams significant prophetic value.
Dreams do often have meanings and can help an individual enhance their decision processes throughout their life. The dreamer is able to understand the emotional content, the symbolism, and the reason for each dream image. They have a wealth of material available, as the average person will dream over 150,000 dreams in a lifetime! Their are many traditional books, electronic books, and software available that provide in encyclopaedic form a ready made index of dream meanings.
Some people blatantly claim they do not dream! Unless they are in a vegetative state this is simply impossible; what they really are stating is that they ‘do not remember dreams’. Some individuals dream so vividly their dreams can shock them into waking up. This is when a handy bedside notebook proves invaluable, dreams can then be recorded in the often few minutes available, before they fade into oblivion. Once recorded in written form, it is often very easy to recall the detail of a dream, even years later.
One of the most surreal experiences is the world of Lucid Dreaming. This is basically dreaming while being aware of actually dreaming. A person in a lucid dream will usually have some power over the dream - anything from being able to fly or making an object or room appear behind a door, right up to being able to change into animals and create a whole world for the person to explore! It is rather like being a director of a movie; with full control over the scenery, props, actors, and the screenplay! Lucid dreams have been scientifically proven to exist, can be surprisingly easy to induce, and formulate a world very few individuals even realise they can experience.
Dreams are said to be a human mind's way of making sense of the various issues it deals with on a day to day basis - whether it is work, family, health, or relationships. Dreams assist sorting out all the information and events that a person is subject to during the day, creating a way for that person, free of conscious limitations, to understand what is really going on, to solve problems, to gain clarity and insight into a situation, issue, or individual. For further information on the dream state, dream meanings, and lucid dream induction techniques see http://www.datalitesoftware.com/ebooks/dreams_package/ .
The average person spends roughly a third of life asleep, they owe it to themselves to maximise understanding and control over their dream state!
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