A few weeks ago I had a vivid nightmare unlike any I've ever had before. There was a small injured boy that i had gone to help but when I reached him there was a tall (around 7 or 8 feet tall) inhumanly pale figure behind him. The tall man had messy dark hair, a jaw that had been burnt off so his pointed tounge hung down to his chest, and pale red eyes (though in my dream I hardly took note of them). In my dream he made me terrifyingly calm as he flung the boy aside and lunged at me. The tall man then leaned down to whisper in my ear but the words were cut off as i shot awake in a cold sweat. Ever since that dream I've started to see him in dreams he wasn't in before (I have reaccuring dreams that haven't changed since my childhood) and it's starting to get worrisome. If anyone else has seen something like this please tell me your experience or what you know about him.
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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. 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. 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.
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