Dreams - Do They Have a Meaning?

There are too many recorded incidents to dismiss dreams as mere 'vestiges of the day' that get projected on the silver screen of the mind at night. For example, dreams have foretold impending deaths, saved habitancy from determined fatalities, helped solve complex problems, helped achieve some splendid discoveries and inventions and have even turned the fortunes of many.

Dream Teeth

Our own feel also points to the fact that, at times, dreams do try to tell us something vital or important, but we are unable to perceive them. The question is that dreams don't speak our lingo. They speak in symbols and wish approved knowledge of dream interpretation or a competent dream scholar for interpretation.

In my years of feel in interpreting dreams, I have gained some immense insights into the meanings and workings of dreams. There are many, who claim that they don't dream. We all do, only many of us don't remember them on waking up.

Let us see some tasteless dreams that most of us have dreamt at some point in our lives:

- Exam dreams: either we are great in studies or less than median performers, we cannot deny having had those terrifying test dreams. These run something like this: We are unable to reach the test hall and the clock is ticking away; our pen just refuses to work; we just don't seem to perceive the query paper or recall the answers...the variations are endless. Fortunately, such dreams are not related to examinations at all. They propose that we are being tested or scrutinised in some way in our waking lives. These may also be related to our self-esteem and trust or the lack of it.

- Chase dreams: Who has not broken into a cold sweat running scared from an assailant or a murderous mob in dreams? Howsoever fast we ran, the pursuer all the time seemed to catch up. At the exact moment of getting caught, we woke up with a start! Although these dreams can arise from an actual fear of being attacked, they often stem from our feelings of anxiety in waking life. These dreams indicate avoidance or running away from some unpalatable situation, rather than confronting it. These dreams are more tasteless in women due to their physical vulnerability.

- Naked dreams: Turning crimson with embarrassment on looking ourselves completely or partially naked in public in our dreams commonly leaves us unsettled on waking up. Such dreams are often a reflection of our lack of trust or self-esteem in real life. We may be hiding something and are afraid that others might contemplate it by looking right straight through us. Nudity also symbolises our fear of getting caught or exposed in something that we have done. This dream can have variations, which can range from embarrassment to feeling proud about your nakedness in public. Each, of course, has separate interpretation.

- Falling dreams: practically all of us have experienced getting scared out of our wits while plunging down from dizzying heights in our dreams. No whole of convincing can rid us of the fear that we will not assuredly die if we do not wake up before we hit the ground! Falling can be of two types - one when we wake up alarmed before we hit the ground, the other when we do a soft landing, slowing just before the point of impact. Both have separate interpretations. Generally, falling is an indication of insecurity, instability and anxiety. Such dreams occur when we feel overwhelmed and out of control in some situation in our waking lives.

- Dreams of losing teeth: Dreams of falling teeth are quite common. These may take the form of teeth crumbling in our hands or falling out one by one with just a light tap. Such dreams not only horrify and shock us, but often leave us with a lasting image. It was concept that such dreams represented malnutrition, which may have been true for some dreamers. Actually, such dreams reflect our anxiety about appearance and how others perceive us. Don't we all fall for that dazzling smile! Teeth are used for biting and chewing and report power. To dream of losing teeth indicates powerlessness in some current situation.

Alas, dreams are assuredly not exiguous to these themes. Just anything can be encountered in the windows of our mind. We are sometimes left perplexed by the very nature of our dreams - Why did I see a snake in my dream? What was my long lost friend, whom I had forgotten, doing in my dream? What was that woman, whom I had met only once, getting excited about in my dream? How did I by comparison this mind-boggling question so plainly and accurately in my dream? The dream content is infinite.

All dream imagery is symbolic. Each dream fastener is person specific. In other words, what a fastener represents for one person can have an entirely separate meaning for another. This is the infer why dream dictionaries commonly prove useless. Of course, a tasteless streak runs straight through all symbols, but they have to be interpreted in the context of the dream content.

But, if you can report the changes happening in your life to the kind of dreams you are dreaming, you can assuredly take a step towards comprehension the meaning. It will help you immensely by putting your mind at ease.

So, don't let your dreams go waste, you never know what you will unravel. Great opportunities and fortunes await those who are able to by comparison their dreams.