Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
When you keep a dream journal for a while—and take the time to understand the dreams—you’ll note that sometimes two or more consecutive dreams are related. On the surface, they may or may not have the same subjects in them. Rather, it’s the meaning or the category that’s related. It’s not unlike a series of…
Find yourself waking up angry because of a dream? Don’t let it go! Don’t forget it. Go on, write it down! We might do something only because it makes sense to do it. We brush our teeth, for example, because we want to avoid cavities. It makes sense to avoid cavities. They’re painful and…
The first few lines of the dream journal entry read like a list: A park in summer with a bandstand. The Beach Boys song “When I Grow Up to Be a Man” playing in the background (The bandstand was empty. Neither the Beach Boys nor any other band was playing in the bandstand. The song…
In your dreams, you can and will explore alternate scenarios—even if you rarely do so when you’re awake. It’s a good idea to be ready for it. Otherwise, when it happens, it can throw you for a loop. You/I can’t think that. It’s wrong. It doesn’t work that way. That’s stupid. You’ve got to hurry.…
Can your dreams foretell the future? If they can, how do you know when a dream is prophetic or precognitive—or just a reflection of your subconscious thoughts? Why would prophetic dreams be limited to St. Joseph, Edgar Cayce, and a few special other people? Why couldn’t you and I have prophetic dreams too? Great questions!…
“Onions have layers. You get it? We both have layers,” Shrek says. “You both have layers. You know, not everybody like onions. Cake! Everybody loves cake! Cakes have layers!” the donkey replies. “I don’t care what everyone likes! Ogres are not like cakes.” Shrek (2001) Just as the quote above from the movie Shrek, your…
Whether you were playing in the band or in the audience, what does the concert in your dream mean? Only you can know the answer. We’ll help you discern it. Basic dream concert questions? How did you feel about the band or group playing? How did you feel about the music? Was it memorable? Did…
Superficially considered, the dreams don’t necessarily relate to each other. One dream, say, might be about some birds. Another dream might be about swimming at a beach. The themes of the dreams, however, are related. And there’s a lesson for you in how your subconscious expresses the dream.
When properly understood, dreams can transform us. But within the dream itself, transformations often happen. Dreams aren’t bound by the rules of the waking world. The Laws of Physics don’t apply. Dreams operate under their own laws. The first law is that if you can think it, you can dream it. The second one is…
War dreams can be almost as horrific as real-life war. I say almost because there’s usually an awareness within a dream that you’re dreaming. Even if the dream is hyperrealistic, there’s something off about the experience of any dream that tips you off that it’s a dream.