The Meaning Of Dreams

[Eelco1981]

Is there a meaning or use of dreams? Is it our unconsciousness or consciousness? Can we learn from dreams? What do dreams tell us? Our hidden fears? Must I remember and journal dreams for instance to see a pattern? Is it good to dream about something and can we do something right before sleeping to provoke that kind of dream?

[Gavalanche]

I would be very interested in this also. I'm under the impression that our dreams are a way for our subconscious to bring things to our conscious attention or perhaps even to work through subconscious issues whilst asleep. I've been on this site recently: http://www.dreammoods.com/ trying to make sense of some of my dreams of late. I'm not sure of the validity of the meanings, but some of them definitely seem to makes sense, in that counter-intuitive kind of way. For example, I had a dream last night about moving furniture around with my parents for some reason, which I've interpreted to mean something along the lines of: trying to fit them into my life more, which has been an issue since I emigrated from Ireland.