Googling "dream interpretation" nets 18,300,000
results. Millions of people believe that dreams have meaning beyond simply
random firing of neurons. Similar to astrology or palm reading, each image in a
dream has meaning beyond that of a simple picture. There are still others that
believe nightmares are your mind preparing for a future terrible event that
could happen. There are so many ideas on what dreams are and why we have them
and no real, confirmed answers.
The interesting thing about this, is that it seems like
dreams are not scientifically reasonable. The lack of clarity on what they are
leads to the mysterious nature and consistent theories. The scientific studies
and figuring out the truth on many different topics almost makes people less
happy. The term ignorance is bliss doesn't only apply to things that directly
affect you. People want to wonder.
In actuality it doesn't matter what the true nature of
dreams is. What matters the most is what people get out of them. Science can
say all it wants about whatever it wants. However, that does not matter half as
much as people attempting to understand the world around them in their own way.
C.F.
I always had a question about dreams, I sometimes dream about something that actually happens in the future. I remember one time when I was like seven years old and I dreamed I was on a big ship. I remember that I said "I dreamed about this place" in my dream. four months later, I was on a cruise and I said the place I stood looked extremely familiar and I said the same thing. Does that happen to anyone else? Also, I read from a book that when you have a nightmare, you know that you are dreaming and therefore stop running from whatever you are afraid of, is that true for some people?
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