Much has been written about dreams and their meaning or purpose. Humanity has been fascinated by our dreams ever since the first dreamer awoke and wondered what their vision might mean. Since ancient times, we have looked to our dreams for signs of what our future will hold.
○The first written dreams we know of were in 4000 BC.
○ the early awritings we have on dreams are primarily texts on their religious and spiritual significance.
Most people spend about a third of their lives asleep. Our dreams are a real part of us, but they are often overlooked. Dreams can give us information and understanding about our personal lives. They will help us understand our past, our present, and sometimes our future. All we have to do is pay attention to our dreams and recognize them. Dreams can hold a message for the future. We have different kinds of dreams. Oftentimes, our dreams consist of images from our most pressing thoughts and/or personal experiences. But sometimes our dreams can be special. Our dreams can communicate with us if we let them. All we need is to listen. I believe there are two main types of prophetic dreams. Those that come to us from our "deep" selves, those who are much more aware of certain things than we are on a conscious level, and those that potentially come from an "external" source. Here is an example from my own dream experiences: I dreamed of death. All I can remember from the dream was seeing a hand lying on the pebbles. The most striking thing was the ring on the hand.
○It was my ring.
○I recognized it without any doubt.
Even though this was the only image I could remember from the nightmare, I knew the dream was about a death.
○I could feel it strongly when I woke up.
I had almost forgotten the events of the dream, but the emotions were still alive. The ring was an Army Training Camp ring, very similar to a class ring. After seeing the dream, I did not wear it again. I eventually sold it to a friend who attended the same training camp. A few years later, I got a phone call. My friend was killed. He was found lying in the rocks and dirt with that ring in his hand. Did my dream warn me about this event in advance? I think it's a possibility. The dream was trying to communicate with me? I assumed the dream was about my death. I also assumed that the ring somehow played a role in my death. I stopped wearing the ring, as if the induced death would prevent it. Maybe the dream was simply telling me that my friend was going to die with that ring in his hand. Whenever we see a dream that we think is prophetic or has "meaning", we are faced with the difficult task of interpreting what the dream means. Dream Symbols often have very precise meanings, although these meanings can vary greatly from one person to another. That is why we cannot rely too heavily on the definitions given in Dream Symbol Dictionaries. To understand the meaning of symbols in our own dreams, we need to understand ourselves better and more deeply. We must learn what these symbols mean to us because that's how our dreaming mind sees them. Anything in your dream can be a symbol.
○An example of a symbol in a dream is a snake.
A snake can have "many" different meanings for different people. As with all other dream symbols, they can have different meanings for the same person at different times in their life. You should also look at the symbol in the context in which it appears. What other symbols were in the dream? The best way to better understand what your dream symbols mean to you is to develop your own dream symbol dictionary. Keep a dream diary as detailed as possible. Do not just write a narrative of what happened, but also record your feelings and emotions. As you continue to write in your diary and re-read your previous posts, you will begin to see parallels with your dreams and your life. Gradually, you will be able to realize what the symbols in your dreams are really telling you.
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