Dreams

Physiological changes occur periodically during sleep so that our heart rate goes up somewhat, our breathing gets more rapid, our temperature slightly increases, our brain waves change.

Physiological changes occur periodically during sleep so that our heart rate goes up somewhat, our breathing gets more rapid, our temperature slightly increases, our brain waves change.

Physiological changes occur periodically during sleep so that our heart rate goes up somewhat, our breathing gets more rapid, our temperature slightly increases, our brain waves change.

On the basement level you've got the physical changes going on in the body, and then, on the main floor of the house, you've got these visual images, sounds, and sometimes smells and on the last floor is the other physical experiences we have in dreams that are expressive of our emotional state, how we are psychologically at the moment.At another level there are sometimes experiences that we can't explain in which people connect with on another level of themselves.

These are very powerful experiences for the dreamer that we can't explain in a scientifically acceptable manner.All of these experiences are there when we dream: the physical changes in our bodies, the psychological expression of how we are feeling emotionally at the time of the dream, and this other world that we sometimes seem to touch in dreams.

From an evolutionary point of view there have been speculations that dreams have evolved to make sure that everything is working in the central nervous system.

From an evolutionary point of view there have been speculations that dreams have evolved to make sure that everything is working in the central nervous system.

Dreaming increases when we're learning new tasks.There is a lot of evidence now that suggests dreaming is an important component of short-term memory.

But, the bottom line is we truly don't know why we dream.

There was a case in Israel of a man who had received an injury, a bullet wound in the area of the brain that controls dreaming, and he's been studied and he appears not to dream.

It's very painful, and very difficult to go through, but their mind is still trying to cope.Dreams are an adapter for us, that they help us solve our problems.

Meaning they don't permit themselves to even think about it.

We tend to leap up and get into daytime gear, and it's difficult to remember this sort of wispy imagery unless it is so intense that we can't get our minds off of it.

Most people in the Western world simply aren't accustomed to thinking that you can get ready for a dream, that you can change your behavior during a dream, as well as work with a dream afterwards.