Dreaming

What does it mean?

You stir in sleep . . . seeing a face, . . . and strangely important phrases echo in your head . . . now fading . . . . You're having a Dream.

What can it mean?

Early `Dramatic' Forms

Folk report many sorts of dreams. Even when babies we seem to dream, like puppies or kittens do, though most of us can't remember that experience.

Later, as children, we say they're mostly `nice' or `nasty' dreams.

Partial cause? Having - or lacking - a sense of security in that day's experiences - or family setting; though no amount of security can prevent `nightmares'. Why's that?

Well, humans perceive any tragic - or just irritating - life-pressure as the most terrible thing afflicting us. But if that one stops, we'll almost immediately see a different pressure as the most terrible thing.

Similarly, asleep, while only mildly happy or sad, still our minds find the most dramatic images.

`Falling' - `Chased' - `Naked in the High St' - `Slow Motion' - `Out of Place' - `You're Wrong!' - `Animal Attacker'

These wildly different dreams are `generic' types that most normal humans will experience occasionally - if physically or emotionally prompted.

Although there maybe special reasons for us having one of those dreams, at certain times.

Let's look at them:-

`Falling' has always been a danger for animals like us, of arboreal ancestry - which is why we get `falling' dreams, mostly when cat-napping, occasionally in deep sleep.

They're a reminder that we are susceptible to basic forces - not necessarily a warning or precognition.

Although, if your sub-conscious were trying to alert you to a dangerous situation in your life - this could be one of the forms such a `message' might take.

Being pursued is likewise a `natural' fear for us, as we've always been prey to speedy carnivorous animals.

So, a dream of being chased is as normal for humans as a dream of chasing is for a cat or dog.