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Dreams have been a mystery for as long we have recorded history. Why do we dream? What do they mean?
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Why do we dream?
Dreaming is one of the great mysteries of our biology.
For as long as humans have recorded history, they have looked to understand the meaning
behind dreams.
After extensive testing and research, scientists still don’t fully understand why we dream.
But the consensus is that dreaming is a way for our subconscious to process our fears,
desires and memories.
There are many forms of dreaming.
The most common occurs about two hours after we fall asleep, during our REM cycle.
During a typical eight-hour sleep period, you will have four to five REM intervals,
each one getting longer and more vivid.
During REM, our brain activity fires up and we experience the limitless space of our consciousness,
from tea parties with long-lost relatives to flying on giant butterflies.
Much of what happens in our dreams seems quite random, but some try to interpret them, write
about them and even become obsessed with them. There’s a whole subculture of people practicing
what is called lucid or conscious dreaming. Using various techniques, these people have learned to
assume control of their dreams and do amazing things like travel to different dimensions
or go back in time. Some of the greatest innovators credit lucid dreaming for their
achievements. Albert Einstein credited a lucid dream for his discovery of the theory of relativity.
Salvador Dali’s amazing paintings were based on images he saw while lucid dreaming,
and Larry Page says he came up with Google’s main algorithm in a lucid dream.
There is another, more powerful yet highly illegal method of reaching the dream world,
through the use of dimethyltryptamine, or DMT.
DMT has been given the nickname the dream drug because of its powerful hallucinogenic properties.
Unlike cannabis or magic mushrooms, this drug launches you into an out-of-body experience where time and space cease to exist.
What’s even more fascinating about DMT is that it’s made from natural chemicals that are already in our bodies.
So, it’s like a way to chemically induce an intense dream.
Another fascinating and rare form of dreaming are premonition dreams.
Whether it is complete luck or psychic ability, there have been many astounding cases of people dreaming of events before they happen in real life.
Abraham Lincoln famously dreamt about his assassination before it occurred.
There were 19 verified premonition dreams about the Titanic catastrophe, and many of the 9-11 victims claimed they had dreams warning them about the attack.
Both men and women dream about sex in equal proportion, which is interesting
considering that men think about sex twice as much when awake. And both
genders can experience orgasms while dreaming. While science continues to
debate about the exact meaning of our dreams, it is clear we need to dream in
order to be healthy. Those who cannot reach a REM cycle lose the ability to
access long-term memory after a week, start hallucinating after two weeks, and
and could eventually die from sleep deprivation after a month.
So make it a priority to get some deep sleep and experience some sweet dreams.
Source: After Skool
Short n sweet – a bit incomplete. A good starting point nonetheless. Gotta love After Skool