Dreams and the Process of Dreaming Analysis Research Paper Introduction Dreams are a communication of body mind and spirit ina symbolic communicative environme Pavani,F, Maravta, A, & Holmes, N. Journal of Physiology (Pars). state of being (Spence, . ‘Your brain, ming, and spirit while at rest “review analyses in its ovn way a long-t background the trend of your life and the philosophy to influence i, rm short-term, an spirit memory. It has its Since the beginning of mankind, dreams have become objects of boundless fascination and mysteries to all. These nocturnal Images that we see while sleaping may arise fram some source other than our ordinary mind. They contain a mixture of elements from our personal identity which we recognize as familar along with a quality of othemess in the dream image that carries a sense ofthe strange and eerie. Dreams point to deeper meaning and certain ational and insightful comments on our Walking situation and emotional experience. History and tractional beliefs nave made us believe that dreams are messages ‘rom the sptitual realms but today we have come to belive that they are messages ftom a deeper source of wisdom and Understanding within ourselves. Every dream is said to be a message from some deeper unconscious self to the more conscious everyday part of oneself exprassed in a language that needs to e learned and understood, Dreams have been called the royal roads to conscious mesning that they would be a window to the soul The dreams you can’t forget Dreams that one cannot forget are known as lucid dreams, in the sense of mental clarity (Driver, J, & Spence, C. (2000). Muttisonsory perception: Beyond modularity and convergence}. Lucidity usually begins In the middle of a dream when the dreamer realizes that the experience is not occurring in physical reality out it's a dream, ‘Such dreams would include flying or meeting with deceased persons. Some people attain this lcidty without notifying any Particular clue inthe dream, they just suddenly realize that they are creaming, ‘A minority of lucid dreams are a result of a returning to sleep dectly from awakening reflective consciousness. The basic definition of a lucid dream is ne thing otner than becoming aware that you are dreaming but the quality of lucicity can vary greatly when luciity is ats high level, you are aware that everything experienced inthe dream is occurring in the mind, {ang tnat tis not areal danger and that you are sleeping in bed and you will awaken snortly n low-level lucidity, you ee aware to. certain extent that you are dreaming perhaps to fly or alter what you are doing but not enough to realize thatthe people are representations, or that you can suffer no physical damage, or that you are actualy in bed. Dreams are said to be lke opening # door to the rest of the mind, all of ones frends, fears, phobias, hopes, wishes, good times, ‘ang bas times are there, All accumulated wisdom and insight ofthe species and culture is stored there for your explanations ‘ang this is done in the ancient mind than inthe logial mind Everyone dreams but not allcan remember what they dreamt about thus if one desires to remember his dream, he should ‘among other things; Pay attention ‘The core idea to remember your dream isto pay attention to your dream and nurture it. While awake try to think about your dream while going to sleep focus on dreaming and most important pay attention ‘Try to develop a set of activities that you shall do every moming to help you remember your dream an example would be keeping @ notebook beside the bed, others decide that when they a 2 they focus on @ symbol on the wall others stare upon the sealing board while others prfer to takit out with e regular morning companion Give your dream a homeGet a tool Ike a notebook or a journal by giving your dream nome, Rtualise writing your dreams, every morning write them down before you step out of bed. Wake up as gently as possible ‘The idea is to wake up from the dream when the dream is over and not when an outside alarm awakes you, hold still for afew ‘minutes end focus attention on what your mind has seen or during the preceding time in the dream. Keep your eyes closed as long as you can still do so. Dream memories are fragile and seem stored in your body position thus ant slight movement can disrupt your memory. Sex, romance, and relationships ‘Sex has always been a big part of dreams for both men and women, There are times sex was repressed culturaly ang as @ result incividuals in their dreams might have expressed it more frequently. ‘Some symbols representing the virgin in dreams were things tke containers, boxes, bowls, a room, ora tunnel similarly anything ‘along of suggesting penetration would represent the penis example include knives, sticks, pe and nal les. ‘The Senio people of Malaysia had a strange interpretation of dreams when they dream of romance and sex where they believed that this was a sign of a good relationship to come or a good sexual encounter that were to be experianced (Guest. S, & Spence, ©: (2003). What role does multisensory integration play in the visuatactle perception of texture? international Journal of Psychophysiology.) They believed that a dream of romance and sex was not to be interpreted as a sign of promiscuity since it was all part of the Ingiviaal Symbols and dreams ‘There are many ciferent ways of approaching dreams as their meaning is often on many different simultaneous levels. Dreams can be viewed as @ commentary of some everyday experience in situations that the dreamer is dealing with, But on a deeper level, we can explore the dream-taking place on deeper level with each image in the dream representing some psychological aspect of the dream Dreams can be extraordinary ike trying to catch a buttery way out of reach this would meaning you are tempting to do something way out of your reach. \When attempting to interpret an image of a dream itis always good to that each dream is the unique personal experience of the Individual and that the same image may have a different meaning for diferent people based on their own individual experience ‘ang the context of thet ves and context in which the dream accurs. It is possible to beleve that only the et the correctness of the Interaretation ofthe dream. sner may know ‘There is however certain symbol in dreams that may have a universal explanation thou not certain again. For example, a dream of @ house is a common kind of dream and as ususl, the dream will take place in a particular setting, This house may be @ house familar to you or & house you have never seen or even imagined going i. Houses have been interpreted to mean what is going on in our body and mind during working life, The house may remind us of our chitahood and its with its attendant feeling of belonging and alienation, security and insecurity, conflets, and harmony. The house could be a psychological extension of our identity and physical identity ln the wor The different areas in the house may represent the different areas in our psyche. In the house, you may dream that some of the rooms are unfamiliar representing areas there are unexplored areas of potential within the personality t may also represent ‘exploring a new journey in our ves that we have not encountered before. The feeling and reaction in the house and its Inhabitants or contents are crucial to understanding the significance of the house In the dream, it may cepresent a wish to return toa tine of childhood innocence or a need to move on and leave home by getting on some unfinished part of one’s Ife Conclusion'As much as it has been the belief of many that dreams come as a form of a message from the spiritual world, one should also Understand that dreams could be an extension of our dally events, (on the other hand, there are some dreams that have much deeper meaning and when it comes to such itis important to try and search for an inner meaning of them. Alt all, again dreams have different meanings to different people and should never be interpreted uniformly. Bibliography Driver, & Spence (2000). Mulisensory perception: Beyond medlarty and convergence Guest. S,, & Spence, C. (2003). What role does multisensory integration play inthe visuotactile perception of texture? 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