What is a dream?

[technoxmaniac]

DEFINITION OF A DREAM

Dream collage - definition of a dreamIt took years to come up with a satisfying definition of a dream because a dream is related to how life works. Like a walking video camera, during the day the unconscious records all thoughts, attitudes, reactions, problems, input from people and the world, hopes and wishes. At the same time, you carry out roles in life such as spouse, career person, friend and member of society.

WE ALL LEAD TWO LIVES: an inner life of thoughts, feelings and reactions and an outer life of roles in work and family, and actions in the world.

Daily thoughts and feelings happen so fast that you can share only a small slice, even with those closest to you. The unconscious and it's assistant, the dream psyche - is an exception. You share it ALL with the unconscious!

Inner life defines you - person as work of art in progressEven though others can't see or experience it with you, the inner life is the "most real" part of you. It is the part that most defines who you are and what you are becoming as a work of art in progress!

The day goes by too fast for most people to sort out all this input of thoughts, feelings, problems and decisions to be handled. Most feel lucky if they can plunk in front of the t.v. for a few hours and escape this never ending inner dialogue that can fill you with anxiety and stress. So what happens to it?

The psyche is the unconscious part of you that is connected to your memory, experience, and the soul. At night, an automatic review and filing system of the psyche kicks in. The psyche starts by sorting out the day's new input which famous psychologist & dreams pioneer Montague Ullman calls "day residue". It compares the new input to what is already stored in your memory bank. The day's agenda that is fully completed is filed away. What still needs attention is analyzed some more. When the nightly review by the psyche is over, it sends a "mini report" for on-going issues.

AND THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF A DREAM:

A dream is a nightly summary report based on a thorough review and analysis of the day's input, giving you feedback about specific issues that still need attention. The report generally includes suggestions on how to handle issues.

In the big picture, dreams review who you are, what you are doing, thinking, and projecting for your future. Like computer modeling, a dream "guesses" potential consequences of decisions or attitudes and brings it to your attention. This is the software of the psyche, as a built in evaluation and feedback system. During the night it evaluates your waking feelings, problems and contemplated directions and recalibrates them in the light of the big picture of what your goals are and what you believe in. The "end result" of this nightly review are messages from the unconscious. The messages arrive in the only language available at night - the visual language of dreams! All of the above adds up to the definition of a dream.

DREAMS ARE

A BRIDGE TO THE UNCONSCIOUS

What happens to daily input - how a dream is created based on daily input. Why does the unconscious use a dream to communicate? A dream acts as the bridge and communication tool between the unconscious and the waking mind. A dream is the only "visual communication channel" available to the unconscious. Learning theory in psychology has shown that what you remember is stored in your memory bank as images, not words.

Dreams are a language of images, like a game of Charades. That makes them the natural vehicle for the unconscious to communicate with the waking self.

Dream messages can make all the difference between success and failure, problem solving or defeat, feeling peaceful or winding up stressed and strained! To unravel those dreams, pay attention, write them down, and analyze them using the Five Step Method as a free DIY tool on this site.

As Dennis Koenig & Jordan Budde once wrote:

"Dreams are postcards from the unconscious. Too often they come back unread marked: 'Return to sender, addressee unknown'.

Note your postcards from the unconscious!

And there you have it.

 

[Numner]

DEFINITION OF A DREAM

Dream collage - definition of a dreamIt took years to come up with a satisfying definition of a dream because a dream is related to how life works. Like a walking video camera, during the day the unconscious records all thoughts, attitudes, reactions, problems, input from people and the world, hopes and wishes. At the same time, you carry out roles in life such as spouse, career person, friend and member of society.

WE ALL LEAD TWO LIVES: an inner life of thoughts, feelings and reactions and an outer life of roles in work and family, and actions in the world.

Daily thoughts and feelings happen so fast that you can share only a small slice, even with those closest to you. The unconscious and it's assistant, the dream psyche - is an exception. You share it ALL with the unconscious!

Inner life defines you - person as work of art in progressEven though others can't see or experience it with you, the inner life is the "most real" part of you. It is the part that most defines who you are and what you are becoming as a work of art in progress!

The day goes by too fast for most people to sort out all this input of thoughts, feelings, problems and decisions to be handled. Most feel lucky if they can plunk in front of the t.v. for a few hours and escape this never ending inner dialogue that can fill you with anxiety and stress. So what happens to it?

The psyche is the unconscious part of you that is connected to your memory, experience, and the soul. At night, an automatic review and filing system of the psyche kicks in. The psyche starts by sorting out the day's new input which famous psychologist & dreams pioneer Montague Ullman calls "day residue". It compares the new input to what is already stored in your memory bank. The day's agenda that is fully completed is filed away. What still needs attention is analyzed some more. When the nightly review by the psyche is over, it sends a "mini report" for on-going issues.

AND THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF A DREAM:

A dream is a nightly summary report based on a thorough review and analysis of the day's input, giving you feedback about specific issues that still need attention. The report generally includes suggestions on how to handle issues.

In the big picture, dreams review who you are, what you are doing, thinking, and projecting for your future. Like computer modeling, a dream "guesses" potential consequences of decisions or attitudes and brings it to your attention. This is the software of the psyche, as a built in evaluation and feedback system. During the night it evaluates your waking feelings, problems and contemplated directions and recalibrates them in the light of the big picture of what your goals are and what you believe in. The "end result" of this nightly review are messages from the unconscious. The messages arrive in the only language available at night - the visual language of dreams! All of the above adds up to the definition of a dream.

DREAMS ARE

A BRIDGE TO THE UNCONSCIOUS

What happens to daily input - how a dream is created based on daily input. Why does the unconscious use a dream to communicate? A dream acts as the bridge and communication tool between the unconscious and the waking mind. A dream is the only "visual communication channel" available to the unconscious. Learning theory in psychology has shown that what you remember is stored in your memory bank as images, not words.

Dreams are a language of images, like a game of Charades. That makes them the natural vehicle for the unconscious to communicate with the waking self.

Dream messages can make all the difference between success and failure, problem solving or defeat, feeling peaceful or winding up stressed and strained! To unravel those dreams, pay attention, write them down, and analyze them using the Five Step Method as a free DIY tool on this site.

As Dennis Koenig & Jordan Budde once wrote:

"Dreams are postcards from the unconscious. Too often they come back unread marked: 'Return to sender, addressee unknown'.

Note your postcards from the unconscious!

And there you have it.

It's your definition.
Not plageristic definition @.@

 

[melly]

life dream - to be more then you can be and to accomplish more then you can be
sleep dream - free enterianment (usually wierd)

 

[Numner]

life dream - to be more then you can be and to accomplish more then you can be
sleep dream - free enterianment (usually wierd)

It can be a VERY bad image that you sometimes can't escape.
Not exactly entertaining xD
Specially since you usually forget about it.

 

[melly]

life dream - to be more then you can be and to accomplish more then you can be
sleep dream - free enterianment (usually wierd)

It can be a VERY bad image that you sometimes can't escape.
Not exactly entertaining xD
Specially since you usually forget about it.

true true
I have funny crude dreams but very rarely do I get a good dream
most of em are plain boring and I forget em

 

[Resonate]

TV/for/your/subconscious.

Mine sometimes comes with the TV Static too.

 

[tikitorch55]

a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night"
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"
ambition: a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"
pipe dream: a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"
have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream"
experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"
someone or something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream"
there easy

 

[-C*-]

What is a man?

 

[tikitorch55]

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
serviceman: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty"
the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself"
homo: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"
valet: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man"
one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"
game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths"
world: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women
there -C*-

 

[-C*-]

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
serviceman: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty"
the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself"
homo: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"
valet: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man"
one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"
game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths"
world: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women
there -C*-

A miserable pile of secrets.

Sorry, maybe next time.

 

[tikitorch55]

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
serviceman: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty"
the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself"
homo: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"
valet: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man"
one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"
game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths"
world: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women
there -C*-

A miserable pile of secrets.

Sorry, maybe next time.

thx <_<

 

[Trent the Paladin]

Something that must be earned.

This includes the fabled Sleep Mode Dream Function, something I currently do not have,

 

[Conor]

Something I really want that I'll never be able to get.

 

[Numner]

Something that belonged to Martin Luther King Jr.

 

[Buttonsy]

Stories and thoughts that play out when you're asleep. I tend to think they have a deeper meaning, like they are the way you process your thoughts, but you just do so differently because you don't have the same conscious biases and limits as you do when you are awake.

 

[RedTropicalPeachyFish]

mental pee, "out" of in-and-out that we repeat while we live

 

[~Unicorn~]

something you imagine, but isn’t actually real.

some dreams can be made real if you make them real.