Your Dreams
Science People
Many science people have tried to explain what dreams are. If no one agrees, chances are they're all wrong. With that said, I suggest that you consider their publishings but ultimately trust a dreamer to tell you what a dream is. Here's my take:While you're awake, your brain is the central station for all passing stimuli, exterior and interior. Your five senses mix together to generate emotional reactions. Your past experience and biology call up various instinctual reactions and signals including pain, hunger, and sexual desire. There are infinite mixtures of all of these and that is what makes life so wonderful.
Categorization
While you sleep, your mind categorizes and archives all the stimuli you received that day so that tomorrow you can focus on new information and recall old information as needed. During this categorization, bonds are formed between new and historical information. Each one of your memories includes all of your associated senses and emotions. Imagine scattering a deck of cards and then stacking them again by color, then again by number, once more by suit, and then finally stacking them all together and boxing them up. Imagine that each time the cards touch, an electrical signal fires in your brain. That is the nighttime categorizing of the day's new information.These connections are real, physical instances in your brain as a result of the communication of your conscious and subconscious mind. While this is happening, your mind attempts to make sense of them using the language of your conscious mind. This results in seemingly random stories and events that, once you wake up, feel much like new memories, but are simply new combinations of information already in your mind.
Higher Power
I know it may seem like I am siding with the science people, but rest assured that I am a dreamer who believes in a higher power and a personal connection to the eternal nature of things. If the universe has a Creator who used predicted chaos to burst us into existence, then I am confident in saying that if He so desired, He could intervene in the chaos of this nighttime process and give us new insight using the information already stored in our minds.Either Way
If the dream is divinely inspired or truly random, it still gives us insight into ourselves. In our dreams, we learn about our fears and desires. We see clearly the lies our minds tell us and we are exposed to the truths we might consciously deny. Pay attention to what events your mind creates and why it might do that. Explore the emotions you felt while dreaming and ask yourself if you have a fear that you should be addressing or a task that you have been neglecting.Your Dream Style
Because it is your experiences that your mind is categorizing and your language that it is doing it in, it is fair to say that you will be the best at finding meaning in your dreams. Be cautious of dream interpretation books or psychics because you can never tell what the motive is. Are they intellectuals telling you your dreams are random or that they mean exactly one thing like mathematical symbols do? Are they entertainers in it for money? Or are they dreamers who think they have everyone else's minds figured out? You'll never know, so I'd suggest avoiding that type of thing at all costs.Remembering Your Dreams
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