I made alot of research and talked to alot of ppl that have alot of research about dreams... and as my own belief that i made through trying to understand its meaning i became so aware that dreams are another life we live at night or whenever we sleep
2006-10-21 02:50:08 · 17 answers · asked by int_69h 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
When you are asleep, your conscious mind is almost entirely at rest. It is at this point that the sub-conscious mind interacts with the conscious mind. The events of the following day are processed the fears the anxieties the turn-ons and turn-offs. All things that occurred on a conscious level are exposed to the subconscious which sifts through the events that triggered them and the and thoughts themselves. Dreaming is the coping mechanism of the sleeping mind. The sub-conscious gives you a reminder of the things that you would consciously hold significant and translates them to you in a way that your conscious and/or waking mind would easily understand. The reason it is so difficult for most people to remember their dreams is because they operate so detached from their sub-conscious functions and mind, that once they are awake they are unable to draw on those precious few interactions between their deeper latent mentality and the mentality they are generally always aware of. It is also why dream books and universal interpretations of dreams are entirely inaccurate and mostly a crock. The person's dream is subjective because it is their mind. It interprets things and applies them to the situation being reviewed by the collective mind at rest.
***THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS MY OWN THEORY... THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ANY DATA TO SUPPORT IT***
In some instances the interactions of the conscious and sub-conscious minds click just right and an inkling of untapped human potential is activated for a brief instant. This occurs with deja vu, humans have the potential to see things that have not yet occurred, the problem is that we use very, very little of our brains. Therefore when this occurs we are generally unaware of the fact that we 'dreamed' it before it happened, which is why it feels familiar to us. The whole concept of the waking mind being out of contact with the subconscious mind contributes to this factor. Our conscious mind understands so little of it's counterparts that it perceives the 'visions' if you will as a dream... What else can it do? So when you are awake you think nothing of it, until the event takes place. The subconscious mind has an imprint of that which you saw and reminds you on a broader scale, but the only thing your conscious mind can relate to is that it is oddly familiar or that you are somehow out of place. The conscious mind dismisses it shortly after the fact because it generally trained to process that which it is familiar with, hence that detached feeling and deja vu essentially are not a priority.
2006-10-21 03:49:23 · answer #1 · answered by Rick R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to think this when I was a kid.
Whever I was really young,I would dream I was a butterfly. Thats all I ever dreamed about. I would start dreaming & I would be a butterfuly wakeing up. Then I would go about my day & be/act/think as a butterfly. Then I would go to sleep,as a butterfly, & then I would wake up, as myself. I pondered over these dreams for years. I had them everysingle night. I often wondered if I was a butterfly that had dreams of being a humen, or If I was a human who had dreams of being a butterfly. It was all very realistic. The only time I had a dream that wasn't about being a butterfly, I was a kid with a huge hidden toy room.But I was sick in real life,and also in the butterfly dream. So I still didn't know if I was a human or a butterfly. I've had these dreams ever since I can rember (& I can somewhat rember being a baby) until I was about 7. After that, I had more and more dreams involveing humans, where I wasn't a butterfly. Eventually I figured out That I'm really a human that just dreams about being a butterfly.
Dreams are dreams & thats what they are. Alot of times they may be trying to send you a message though. And it is possible to have dreams that follow a certain theme & contiue life in the dreams, as you can see from the above. Just pay attention to your dreams & try to enjoy them.
2006-10-21 10:11:48 · answer #2 · answered by prepishippie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've done some research on dreams and I've concluded that dreaming is just a way for our brains to stay active while the body is inactive during sleep. The brain never really shuts down until you're dead. Dreams often contain a hodgepodge of our experiences which probably aids in the formation and retention of memory. Now, I've read that the belief of dreams being an alternate reality is a popular traditional belief amongst many indigenous people, but I think the fact that most dreams lack continuity from night to night argues against it. The neurological approach to understanding dreams makes more sense to me.
2006-10-21 10:46:29 · answer #3 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that is question is part religion and psychosis. Some religions believe in past lives and that you regain memory during sleep. Also most who believe in reincarnation also believe in astro-projection. Which is where your spirt leaves the body and travels. Then you have the theory that when you dream of loved ones or people you know that have past on, that this is the easiest way they have to communicate with them. IF you believe in metaphysics then this would be the basis of your dreams.
Most people will judge this theory. Because people are closed minded. I am not judge mental, I was raised by many religions in my family. Most of my aunts are holiness, some of my family is baptist, I have a few catholics in my family... but my parents believed in the metaphysical spirit... Therefore we are always open-minded to the unknown to us. We believe in GOD... and my opinion is this, as long as you believe in God then what religion is wrong? Who is to say it is wrong, God says judge not less ye be judged. I don't tell anyone there religion or beliefs are wrong, only because I love to hear their views on life and religion. I think that no religion is wrong, because religion is fit into the persons lifestyle. I have alot of friends of different religions and I am proud of them for their convictions. They don't say I am wrong and I will never say they are wrong. Only God can do that.
So your question actually hit me in a religious way.
2006-10-21 10:13:45 · answer #4 · answered by cecilia m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and those 'lives' are lived 'etherically' in the astral.
It is more that we transcend our physical self each night to enjoy either past life dreams, healings for self, healings for others, meeting up with past over friends, relatives and the like. There are also fantasy dreams, psyche dreams, astral travel dreams. All of these are as real as the 'life' we live here in the now physically, and to some this life we live 'now' is also illusion, that we identify ourselves with what we see and yet that is duality living....oneness transcends duality...lost you yet? There is more to the dreams than you or I could ever imagine...it's fun exploring others views though, even if they seem far fetched, all makes for good fodder, especially if one is an artist in any shape or form. How does one become good at creativity.....they dream...and manifest their dreams....
2006-10-21 10:05:48 · answer #5 · answered by harriettpotty 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't go that far at all. Dreams are; some events from your life being rehashed, traumas from the past, symbols of things in your life, warnings, messages, imagination. We pick up on things all day long that don't register in our awake minds, but do when we sleep and at rest. These are the things that dreams are made of.
2006-10-21 12:19:43 · answer #6 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Dreams are your subconscious minds only. However, if you define another life as subconscious mind. Yes, then it can be said that way.
Dreams are based on your daily experience. Without daily experience, you will not dream
2006-10-21 11:56:25 · answer #7 · answered by YourDreamDoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I believe that when you sleep your brain resets itself. It does this by randomly firing off charges. Your subcon isn't and won't shut down so it trys to make sense of these random signals and assembles them into your dreams.
2006-10-21 09:57:58 · answer #8 · answered by Roadkill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually dreams are based on events and feelings in our real life.
Like if you like someone you would have a dream about them and other such things
2006-10-21 10:00:34 · answer #9 · answered by dak5457@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spirita explains your dreams
Visit http://spirita.blogspot.com/ and post your question as a comment. You'll get your free dream interpretation shortly
2006-10-21 14:25:01 · answer #10 · answered by Spirita 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋