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me. Bring a dream to share with the
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Dear Carolyn,
I'm mostly interested in WHY I dream so much and why
I usually remember them in the morning.
I've talked to several people about their dreams and I find a lot of
people don't dream as much as I do, or they don't remember them.
I have a couple dream books and over the years I've
looked them up. I know from the past in
my working career a lot of my dreams were due to stress. But I am no longer working and still have a
very active dream state. It seems I
always pick up something from the day that I saw or remembered and dream about
it.
Signed,
Active Dreamer
Dear Active Dreamer,
Some hold the a view that dismisses dreams as random
nocturnal electronic charges that release equally random images in no
particular order accompanied by arbitrary emotions having no import or bearing
on the dreamer’s waking life.
On the other hand, we have ample evidence that our
brains are active during the dream state in much the same way they are in
waking state, not firing haphazardly.
Segments of the brain associated with sight and sound, for example, are
active during REM state when the images of dreaming and waking are
parallel. Additionally, the metaphorical
narratives generated denote more than accidental or unintentional sparks.
It is common to remember a dream from the last REM
cycle of the night. This is at the
shallower section of a dreamer’s brainwave as s/he prepares to wake. So perhaps all of us are more likely to
remember the dreams we have just before we wake up.
Research shows that everyone dreams every night
(with exceptions for illness, medication and so forth). It seems probable that those who areinterested in their dreams are more likely to remember them. If a person accepts that dream images are an
indiscriminate release of surplus energy, why bother remembering them? Others remember their dreams perhaps because
they are at a place where they can accept and explore on multiple levels the
possibilities for growth, development and progress in their waking lives.
Picking up an image or setting from the day makes
sense. More interesting is why a
particular image or object was chosen by your Dreaming Self from the hundreds
of thousands your eyes light on in any given day.
Many books on dreams provide springboards for
understanding and application of the rich material brought forth in the dream
state. Use caution, Dear Dreamer, when
you find a source that claims to know what a given image always means. The meaning of your dream lies within
you.
Sweet Dreams to You!
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