What do you think about dreams?
Would you agree with the philosophers that said dreams are messages from the soul knocking at the consciousness and are necessary for emotional stability? It is said that dreams are a part of our lives from the day we were born and will continue until death. They are said to be very personal "movies" that had their originate in the soul and are symbolic images that need to be translated and interpreted if we want to understand their meanings correctly. A dream may solve a problem or often times it has no relation to the problem. Interpreting a dream means that we take the whole person seriously not just the active conscious person, but the passive person whose unconscious emotional life finds expression in dreams.
History Of Dreams
Dreams have been with us for ages. As early as the 4000 years papyrus roll now in the London Museum can attest to it. Many wise men associated meaning to them. There are records of dreams in the bible. Joseph while in prison met the baker and the butler who dreamt and Joseph interpreted the dreams. one would die the other would get back his Job. When Pharaoh dreamed about fat cows and the fat meager cows Joseph again interpreted them. Seven years of plenty, seven years of Famine. The good in this was because of the accurate interpretation Egypt was able to store enough grains for the time of famine and was able to feed many other countries. Then there was Daniel who interpreted king Nebuchanezzar dream of the big image. According to Daniel's interpretation the different metals that made up this image represented the different kingdoms which would rule the world. If we follow clearly we are now in the feet and toes made of iron and clay. They shall not cleave together and so we cannot have world peace because the image was a prophetic message, Jacob also had a dream of a ladder reach heaven and angels descending and ascending, Peter also in the New Testament had dreams of a skeet with all types of creatures that he was invited to eat.. So there you have it dreams have a history that goes way back.
Dream Psychology and Interpretations
Many individuals such as Wolfgang Van Goethe have tried studying dreams and later they were used in psychology. Sigmund Freud 1856-1936 believed dream was a way of expressing repressed sexual desires. Alfred Alder 1875-1937 saw dream as a desire for power and recognition enacted .C.G. Jung 1875-1961 a Swiss psychiatrist started putting symbols to dreams when he study into its universality . He came up with the collective unconscious theory .He said dream symbols are ancient ways of the archetypal human image. His theory enlarged the meaning and stated they could be seen as alerts to future events and warnings of evil or harm lurking
Dreams and Health
Scientific research has proven that everyone dream every night and if possible every hour but many do not know. They are said to be essential for our emotional wellbeing. Any human deprived of dream for long periods will become ill. In a research with two groups of like individuals was conducted and it was observed that the ones who were allowed to sleep and dream were more relaxed, stabled and were able to deal with every day stress. The ones whose sleep was disturbed every time the equipment recorded that they were going into a dream were nervous, irritable and were not able to manage every day stress.
The phenomenon of dream will continue to amaze ,the human soul is so profound and deep. The experience of our dream can convince us of our innate tendency and hidden power. Without paying attention to our dreams this power may remain unknown.
There are some known and unknown factors but what we do know is we need dreams to remain emotional healthy. They always bring about relief in our emotional life because they release built up tensions, conflicts, feeling and urges dissipating them and restore emotional calm.
Message of the Soul
Current thought on dreams is that they reconnect. The physic of individuals is made up of 3 parts the id, ego and the super ego. The ide= unconscious ego=conscious. Superego=conscience
The ego is the conscious part that determines through feeling and action. The part where we repress all negative feeling e.g. disappointment, negative and bad experience. These may be past or childish memories. However these negative experiences resurface in the unconscious as dreams. They do not only hold negative things but positive stimulus for important goals in life e.g. creativity and innate talent. These are then transformed into positive gifts to conscious everyday life.
Dreams Interpretations
Dreams can teach us who we are. Dream images from the depth of our soul are not only expression of desires and hopes but are hints of prophetic messages. They can help resolve problems. Friedrich A.K.V. Stradonitz gave credit to a constantly recurring dream for the structure of benzoic 1865. It is said Mozart had similar experiences.
Having read this article I go back and ask the question again. What do you now think of dreams?
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梦
你觉得梦是什么样的呢？
哲学家说梦是灵魂与意识碰撞时传达的信息，是情绪稳定的前提，你同意这个说法么？据说，梦是人生活的一部分，伴随着人的出生直至死亡。梦是来自灵魂的个人画面，如果要正确知道梦的意义就要对具有代表性的画面进行解析。梦可以解决一些问题，但更多时候，它与这些问题并无关联。解析梦就要整体地看待一个人，不单只是有意识的活动的人，也是只有在梦里才能表达无意识感情生活的被动人。
梦的历史
梦伴随着我们很久了，几乎是在4000年前，这一点伦敦博物馆存放的植草卷可以证明。很多智者赋予梦以意义。在圣经里，有着有关梦的记载。Joseph在监狱里的时候遇到了一个面包师，一个仆役长，为他们解析了梦，说是一个会死，另一个会重新得到工作。Pharaohone梦到肥牛和干瘪的牛的时候，Joseph解析说会有七年丰收，七年饥荒。解析的好处是精确的解析能够让埃及人储存足够的粮食，为饥荒做准备，并且供给其他国家。之后Daniel解析Nebuchanezzar国王会是个大雕像。根据他所说的，制作成这个大雕像的不同的金属代表了统治世界的不同的国王。如果我们仔细遵从他说的，那我们脚和脚趾就是用铁和陶土做的，这两样东西不会互相依附，我们的世界也不会和平，这个雕像是有预言性质的。 Jacob也梦到了一座通往天堂和天使的梯子。在New Testament里的Peter也梦到各种各样的生物做着飞碟来，供他享用。由此可见梦有着悠久的历史。
梦的心理学和梦的解析
很多人都试着研究梦，然后将其运用到心里学，比如，Wolfgang Van Goethe。Sigmund Freud （1856-1936）相信梦是一种表达被压抑了的性欲的方式。Alfred Alder （1875-1937）将梦视为对权利和公认的欲望。 C.G. Jung （1875-1961）是个瑞士精神病学家，他在研究梦的普遍性时加入了标志，发现了集体无意识理论。这个理论放大了梦的意义，理论表明梦可以作为对未来事件的提醒以及对潜伏的罪恶和危险的警告。
梦与健康
科学研究证明，每个人每晚，可能每个小时都在做梦，但是很多我们都不知道，这对我们的感情健康是必要的，一个人长期不做梦就会生病。有人曾经做过研究，将两组相似人群进行对比，对其引导，结果发现能够睡眠做梦的人更放松，稳定，善于处理压力。睡眠不停被打扰的一组，仪器记录了他们进入做梦阶段的时候很紧张，易怒，无法处理日常压力。
梦的现象还有更让人惊讶的地方，人的灵魂是很深远的，梦能够让我们相信自己的固有意向和潜力。只有注意自己的梦境，这种力量才能被知晓。
梦有很多已知未知的因素，但是我们知道的是我们需要梦来维持感情健康。它能给感情生活带来放松，能够缓解紧张，矛盾，想要消除紧张矛盾的急切，保持情绪稳定。
灵魂的暗示
目前有关梦的说法是，梦是与现实结合的。医学上的人分为三个部分，本我，自我和超我。本我即无意识的自我，其本事是有意识的。超我即道德心。自我是有意识的那些部分，决定着人的感觉和行为，我们将一些负面的感觉，比如失望，消极不好的经历压制于自我。这些可能是过去或者童年时候的经历。然而，这些消极的经历在无意识的梦中重现了。梦不但执着于负面的事，同样也对人生中的重要目标有正面积极的刺激，比如创造力和天赋。之后这些梦就转为日常生活中，有意识的积极作用。
梦的解析
梦可以让我们知道自己是谁。梦的画面来自灵魂深处，不仅是一种需求和希望的表达，也是预言未来的信息线索。它能帮我们解决一些问题。安息香1865反复出现在Friedrich A.K.V. Stradonitz的梦里，于是他相信了梦的暗示。据说莫扎特也有过类似的经历。
读完这篇文章，我要再问一次，你觉得梦是怎么样的？