“Dreams are royal road to unconscious.” Sigmund Freud
Nature has its own language so does our soul has. Soul speaks through two things one is gut feeling other is dreams. We all see dreams. Many of us cannot recall what we were dreaming last night. Insomnia is considered a disease. Similarly not dreaming is also seen as something abnormal going on in our heads. Dreams are of many kinds few are abstract, others are very sequential and some are repetitive and vivid
Psychology emphasis on dreams a lot as said by Freud father of psychoanalysis “dreams are royal road to unconscious.” Much work was done by Freud to interpret dreams. Similarly, another renowned psychologist Carl Jung is known for its amazing dream analysis. He felt that people should analyze their own dreams, think about them and meditate on them in order to get something out of them.
A dream is an involuntary and spontaneous product of the unconscious mind and is usually obscure and difficult to understand because it is made up of symbols and pictures.
In our society dreams are given some importance as well. Dreams have some significance in Islamic history as well. Women remember their dreams more than men do. In my understanding dreaming is higher level of consciousness and it shows how connected person is with his inner self.
Dreams are of two kinds: one which we see on daily basis errands we did in day, things on our mind, anxiety about certain tasks and plans etc. Second kind of dreams is those which are really deep meaningful ones. It is generally accepted by dream analysts now; if a dream comes in a repetitive manner then your unconscious mind is trying to tell you something.
I personally believe that dreams have compensatory nature, feelings we suppress do play out in our dreams. People who are claustrophobic might see dreams as if someone is after them. Some people who experience sadness may dream of falling into deep black pit of darkness. What role do dreams play in our lives? Do we really understand what they are trying to tell us?
Allowing your own self to experience those visions without interpreting them can help understand dreams better. The fear of exploring the abstract broken parts of dreams is one thing which holds us back from looking into our unconscious. How many of us can dare to sit back and look what messages our dreams are bringing from unconscious. By avoiding and ignoring our dreams we miss out royal road to our inner self.
Self-exploration itself is an act of courage and not considering our dreams would make our journey very much unexplored and limited. People with strong imaginations usually see vivid dreams. There is thin line between dreams with messages and hallucinations. To understand what dreams do tell following steps need to be followed: first is to allow your-self to dream without giving any interpretations or judgments. Second is writing them down as it is and as much as your memory permits. Third step would be connecting the dots and patterns of reoccurring vivid dreams with your real life. We all day dream but very few of us allow ourselves to dream in real terms.