My dad died 8 yrs ago. Early this morning i had a dream that we were at a huge hotel like building, may be about 20 floors high. A sudden weird storm came and damaged the building. We got seperated. At one point high flood waters causing all manner of gator lookin animals to enter the building and attacked people. Then another time it started to snow and at that time i finally saw my dad laying on the floor with other persong and i could se he was shivering in cold. I ran upstairs to get blankets and when i returned the place now looked like a hospital ward and a nurse stopped me and asked who i wanted. When i described him i then noticed a nurse who knew me in real life and she said to me that she is sorry but he just had a stroke and died just now. I started crying and began walking towards him.....then i woke up.
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During our waking hours, our five senses are constantly conveying information and images to the brain, but during sleep this is not the case. The brain generates images within itself without any external sensory input. Therefore, what we see in dreams and the actions we experience in them are at times like hallucinations. This makes it possible for us to do things that are violations of natural laws, such as flying like Peter Pan or falling from a cliff without injury. Disturbing experiences while we are awake can emerge in our dreams, causing nightmares. Common things that are on our minds when we go to sleep can surface in our dreams.
Since it seems that dreams originate principally within the brain, it is not reasonable to think that they have special messages for us. We should view them as a normal function of the brain that helps maintain it in a healthful condition.
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During our waking hours, our five senses are constantly conveying information and images to the brain, but during sleep this is not the case. The brain generates images within itself without any external sensory input. Therefore, what we see in dreams and the actions we experience in them are at times like hallucinations.
Since it seems that dreams originate principally within the brain, it is not reasonable to think that they have special messages for us. We should view them as a normal function of the brain that helps maintain it in a healthful condition.On the other hand, if your sleep is often disturbed by nightmares, rather than looking for any meaning in them, it might be better to look for possible causes of them in your way of life. How true what the Bible says: “For because of abundance of occupation there are dreams”!—Eccl. 5:7.
When our love ones die or other people we are close to even our enemies their memory sometimes will resurface into dreams. Sometimes when we are trying to solve a problem, the solution comes to us during sleep. This may reflect that not all sleep consists of dreaming. A portion of it is thinking. Smile at your dream and move on.
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