Dreams Explained

Interpreting your dreams can be a lot of fun. It can also give you valuable insight. Dreams are like coded messages from your unconscious mind. When you decode them, you gain access to a wealth of intuitive wisdom.
Dreams are a fascinating, natural part of sleep, and many people believe that dreams can provide insights into our lives and feelings. In fact, most people remember only one or two dreams per week. With a conscious effort, however, you can remember more of your dreams and recall them in greater detail.

Decide to remember your dreams. You’ve got a better chance of remembering your dreams if you really want to remember them. Assuming you do want to, tell yourself that you’re going to remember your dreams and conscientiously follow the steps to make your desire to remember your dreams come true.
Get adequate sleep. If you wake up too tired to think, you’ll find it hard to recall your dreams. Too little sleep will also limit the number of dreams you have.
Keep a pad and pen or pencil on the nightstand near your bed. You will record your dreams in this “dream journal.” It’s best if it just has plain paper with no designs or other distractions. Use this pad only for recording your dreams, before you go to bed make sure it is open to the next page on which you can write so you don’t have to search for a blank page when you wake up.
Keep your alarm clock close to your bed. When you wake up you want to be able to focus on remembering your dreams before you perform any other activities. If you can wake up without an alarm clock, you won’t have to worry about turning it off, but if you do need an alarm, make sure you can turn it off quickly and easily, preferably without even moving in bed. Don’t use a radio alarm clock, as the ads or chatter on the morning show will likely distract you from your task.
Keep a table lamp on your nightstand. If you wake up in the middle of the night, you’ll need to turn on a light in order to record your dreams in your dream journal. As with the alarm clock, you want to be able to reach your lamp with as little movement as possible.
Concentrate on recalling your dream as soon as you wake up. Typically you can remember only the last dream you had before waking. Don’t move and don’t do anything. Stay in the same position as the one in which you awoke and try to remember as much about your dream as possible before you think about anything else. Keep your eyes closed to minimize any external sensory input.
Record your dream in your dream journal. Jot down as much as possible about your dream, starting with a basic sketch that includes such things as the location of the dream, the basic plot, the characters, the overall emotion of the dream (i.e. were you scared or happy in the dream?), and any prominent images you can recall. If you can remember any dialogue, you may want to write it down first, as words in dreams are easily forgotten. Record everything you can, even if you can only remember one image. As you get the basics down, more of the dream may come to you.
Keep a notepad with you throughout the day. Often something you see or hear later in the day will trigger a memory of a dream from the night before. Note these recollections without delay, and think about them to see if you can remember how they fit into the rest of the dream.
Record your dream every time you wake up. You dream throughout the night, so if you only record the last dream you had before you get up in the morning, you’re cheating yourself. It’s always tempting to go right back to sleep when you wake up in the middle of the night, but take the opportunity to remember what you were dreaming before you do—in all likelihood you will not remember it in the morning.
Reread the day’s dream journal entry right before you go to bed. Focusing on your dreams before you sleep may help you remember the night’s dreams better.
Find as many words as you can to describe what you saw and experienced. The value of dreams is in the WORDS you use to describe them.

Dreams provide conceptual information, from the Creator to you, as many beliefs (Islam, Baha'i, Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism) and indigenous peoples accept that premise. So the content you get is important and useful once you learn to understand what is provided to you.

Since you usually only remember the last dream you had, you can remember more dreams by waking up several times during the night. We go through a complete sleep cycle approximately every 90 minutes, so you may find it productive to set your alarm to wake you at some multiple of 90 minutes (such as 4.5, 6, or 7.5 hours) after you expect to go to sleep. Dreams in the latter half of the night are typically longer than those you dream soon after going to sleep, so you probably want to wait until at least the 4.5 hour mark to intentionally wake yourself.
Try using a gentle way of waking up: wake up on your own, ask someone to wake you gently and without talking to you, or hook up a timer to the lights in your room. Many people find that they are able to better recall dreams if they don’t use an alarm clock.
Usually the first thing you can recall is the last thing that happened in the dream. Work your way backwards by asking yourself what happened before that.
If you can’t remember anything about your dream, write down the first thing that comes into your mind upon waking. It may be related to the dream in some way, and it might trigger recollections. Also write down how you’re feeling when you wake up. The emotions you experience in a dream typically remain, at least for a brief period, when you awake, so if you wake up anxious or elated, ask yourself why.
If you have the same dream the next day, or next week, jot that down also. A dream that repeats itself is a dream to concentrate on. It might have a special meaning.

Be careful about interpreting dreams. The interpretation of dreams is not an exact science, so don’t jump to conclusions, and don’t place too much importance on a dream. For example, a dream about death does not mean that someone will die, or that something bad will happen.
If you have trouble sleeping or difficulty getting enough sleep, don’t try to record dreams in the middle of the night. Just go back to sleep.

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