Dream
* All dreams are good dreams in that they bring unconscious materials to the conscious mind.
* Every dream has origin in thought, and every thought makes a mind picture.
* Many dreams are a natural source of healing wisdom.
* Most dreams occur during REM sleep.
* Most dreams occur in REM sleep
  - phases
  - use metaphor to illuminate aspects of the life and relationships of the dreamer
* Some dreams are more dramatic than others and represent different stages of sleep
  - nightmares when put into practice
  - even predict the future
* Stimulates psychic activity, promotes vivid dream recall.
* also differ in several ways between children and adults
  - indicate the way to self actualization
  - require hope to thrive
  - seem to have a natural life cycle, a natural time to live before they want to wind down
* are a connection to the soul which is our true selves
  - major factor in all of our lives
  - phenomena that have never been fully explained
* are a portal into the bizarre realm of the mind
  - powerful force in people's lives
  - source of tremendous personal wealth
  - type of receptive imagery
  - wealth of metaphors and analogies that pertain to important issues in people s lives
* are also the stuff of myth and literature
  - whisperings from our spirit that bring a new depth of wisdom
  - an important vehicle through which the soul communicates with the personality
  - artwork
  - cognitive processes
  - companies
  - critical to health
  - disguised attempts at wish-fulfillment
  - ephemeral and tend to die a slow death
  - experiences of a larger reality
  - expressions of consciousness without a body
  - fantasies and lies
  - free, and a means to express feelings
  - illusive and fade very quickly into the thickets of the unconscious
  - imaginary but are related to events in the dreamer's life
  - imagination
* are important clues as to the contents of our unconscious
  - religious phenomena in virtually all the world's religious traditions
  - to the human psychic and depict subtle messages from deep within the mind
  - infinite, so long as there are dreamers
  - just the brain's way of making sense of random neural activity
  - keys to understanding the unconscious and thus the person
  - magical, mystical and sometimes even frightening
  - mechanisms that inform and guide our feelings and emotions
  - memories of another universe
  - mental patterns formed by vivid, often breathtaking images
  - merely an extension of the subconscious
* are messages from our inner being
  - the spirit world
  - mind-created phenomena and they are activities of the mind
* are most intensive at the end of a night's sleep
  - vivid during REM or rapid eye movement sleep
  - motivated by the goal of sleep
  - natural conditions of life, just as breathing and thinking are
  - no different from other outputs of human life
* are often a response to our daily thoughts, activities and sensations
  - most profound when they seem the most crazy
  - prescient, in other words, they are predictions about the future
* are one example of the role that analogy plays in creative thinking
  - of the triggers for synchronicities take place
  - only visions that a person has to make come true
  - ordinarily spontaneous and representative of subconscious meanderings
  - organizes the unconscious and art about the unconscious
* are our own brain's attempt to solve and resolve real-life problems
  - perceptions in life
  - subconscious making sense of both the physical world and the subconscious world
* are part of sleeping
  - the web of psychological factors which create an individual's life pattern
  - pathways to the true self
  - perfection
  - personal experience
  - pictures in the twilight
  - postcards from the unconscious
  - primarily about self
  - prophecies and dreamers are prophets
  - representations of feelings and awarenesses that currently are on our minds
  - simply nocturnal and ambiguous phenomena to most people
  - sometimes a way to discharge stress
* are the beginnings of the great things in life
  - bridges that link our spiritual and physical realities
  - buds of prophecy
  - building blocks to all of mankind's achievements
  - doorway to the soul
  - fabric from which kingly raiment is fashioned
  - forces that make miracles happen
* are the fuel of hope and hope is the stuff of life
  - hopes of life
  - infinite source of ideas and at times a place of sanctuary
  - keys that hide the greatest treasures of our universe
  - major manifestation of the unconscious mind
  - means through which songs are communicated to healers
  - metals that construct spaceships and craft wedding bands
  - most completely subjective picture of what's on our mind
  - portals into the inner worlds, the subtle arena of life
  - preferred drug of addiction for existence
  - realm of imagery and symbols
  - stuff the future is made of
* are the subconscious mind's way of communicating with the conscious mind
  - working through important issues
  - things that trigger our thoughts
  - wanderings of the spirit though all nine heavens and all nine earths
  - way the unconscious speaks to the conscious mind
  - wishes the heart makes
  - things that happen when people sleep
* are things to be marveled at and interpreted
  - discuss, ideas to recognize
  - total emotion
  - trance states
  - very brief periods that occur during our sleep time
  - vital to life, just as food, sleep, air, and love are
* are what happens when life fails our expectations
  - keep people going
* are what life is all about
  - really is made of
  - make life tolerable
* are windows into worlds beyond the ordinary
  - wishes made fast asleep
* are, by definition, cursed with short life spans
  - in short, an attempt by the mind to bridge the gap between conscious and unconscious
* bring messages through symbols, which can be people, places, or animals.
* can also reflect changes in environments.
* can be a product of our own imaginations
  - way of working through conflicts
* can be an important clue to the state of the unconscious
  - way of getting things done
  - important for self-analysis and personal growth
  - natural or supernatural
  - cause reflexive actions, too
* can come from the demonic world
  - true in time
  - cover a vast range of knowledge, from personal insight to prophetic revelation
  - cut through time like lightning through clouds to illuminate an otherwise darkened land
  - heal sickness that are physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual
* can help explain our fears or predict our futures
  - people solve problems
  - make statements about physical health as well
  - occur when two living human beings send strong mental telepathic messages to each other
  - take many forms which are generally placed into categories
* cause wisdom.
* contain strong markers of certain psychological patterns.
* derive from the unconscious.
* die when people lose heart and give up.
* dissolve into reality, just as the past dissolves into the present.
* do come true for people who believe
  - in the blink of an eye
  - sometimes come true
* fade much quicker than the blackness of ink.
* figure prominently in the culture of the Aboriginal tribes of the world.
* happen during the active phase in sleep when REMs occur
* have a specific function and focus
  - an emotional matrix that dream characters, or objects, are embedded in
  - many levels of meaning and serve a number of purposes
  - strong connections to emotions
  - their own grammar and own set of meanings
* help the mind process complicated events or information
  - to clear the mind
* indicate expression.
* influence physical reality in very real ways.
* is imagination
* link the aware mind, speaking to it directly from our subconscious.
* materialize like the shapes of animals in clouds.
* never come true because of fear.
* occur during the REM phase of sleep, which is generalized and common to all human beings.
* occur in a nonphysical reality
  - the mental domain
  - various phases
  - only during REM sleep
  - when individuals display rapid eye movement or REM, mostly in the early hours
* often comment on the darkness within our souls
  - happen during REM sleep
  - pack more than one meaning into a single word
  - present a conflict or polarity of opposites
  - speak of guidance, problem solving, warning, future events and healing
* perform a vital integrative function in life, as do feeling and creative work.
* reflect out thoughts and feelings.
* serve to restore one's total psychic equilibrium.
* sometimes end where they began
  - shatter dreams
* speak in images, metaphors
  - stories, feelings and pictures
* start with sleep.
* supposedly are meaningful images of our inner health and well being.
* tend to evaporate quickly with the light of day just like the morning dew.
* too are the placebo of antiquity in the practice of healing.
* use figures of speech to create the images.
* usually convey an overall impression or feeling
  - follow typical patterns and contain images common to most people
+ History of dreams
  * Dreams are things that happen when people sleep. By definition, dreams are a series of thoughts, images, and sensations that enters someone's mind when they sleep. There are many types of dreams. Some of which include daydreams, lucid dreams, nightmares, reoccurring dreams, etc. The history of dreams dates back to ancient times where cultures believed more into supernatural and religious beliefs. The history of dreams began with the ancient Egyptians thinking dreams were messages sent from the Gods.