Why Do We Dream?

Why do we dream? This is not a question many of us pause to ponder as we pursue our daily concerns. After all, most dreams appear to be absurd mixtures of images and sensations that only have meaning in our sleep. Far from meaningless imagery, dreams are a significant source of insight into influences affecting the inner most essence of our being.

One study of dreaming strongly suggests that it is a primary means by which we form and evaluate our survival strategies. Other sleep studies have shown that dreams and dreaming are essential to our mental health. Together, these studies emphasize the psychological importance of dreams and dreaming. They show how our consciousness maintains its delicate balance.

Our consciousness is like a scale balancing one side against another. On one side of this mental scale our consciousness weighs its conscious experiences. These experiences involve influences in our life that we know and respond to. On the opposite side of our mental scale our consciousness weighs its subconscious experiences. These experiences involve influences we may not know because they affect our life subliminally--below our conscious awareness. When we give more weight or attention to either side of this mental scale, our consciousness becomes unbalanced. Essentially, this is why you dream. Sleeping gives our body a chance to regain its strength. Dreaming gives our consciousness a chance to restore its balance. Through dreams, our consciousness restores its balances by weighting the subliminal influences affecting our life.

Although you may not understand the meaning of all your dreams, they all have meaning. That meaning is hidden in a subliminal language. Your dreams are a subliminal language. They are the language of your subconscious mind. This web page is merely a guide to this language. Ultimately, you must decide the meaning of your dreams. You are the best translator of the images your subconscious creates.