Sorry i havn't had access to a computer recently, i'm attempting to catch up using my phone at the hair dresser, lol.
What i believe dreams are.
To cut a long story shorter, my ideas about dreams come mainly from what i've taken in from reading about Psychology, Jung, Tibetan Buddhism, and Lucid dreaming. This mixes in with my own experiences with dreaming, meditation and one very mysterious supernatural life changing incident of literally "going into the light".
To try to define what i think the meaning of dreams is, would be to delve into questions on existence and reality itself. So i will list what i think dreams represent:
-Dreams give us some indication of the current state of our mind.
-Dreams allow our conscious mind to take a rest and process our reality in an uninhibited way.
-A dream can be an echo of something from real life, a new idea, an unexpressed emotion, a healthy escape, a problem to be worked out, etc. etc.
-I agree with Buiddhists that dreams are karmic traces to work through.
What i believe dreams are not:
-Although i could appreciate the usefulness and validity of symbolic representation that Dream Dictionaries provide, i have also realized that personal meanings are often much more valid.
-Dream interpretation, including those you think may be premonitions, should be treated in a light hearted "just for fun" way. Don't stress out about them or take too seriously.