Dr. Mercola November 30 2006 3,850 views
Because many of you have become as interested as I am about the state of dreaming, this awesome piece from RealitySeeds.com will whet your appetite, as it argues we should be, considering the time we spend asleep -- about a third of our lives. For the average 30-year-old adult, that's close to 10 years of living in your dreams.
In fact, the state of dreaming, arguably, can be viewed as the ultimate form of meditation that shuts down the conscious world from our everyday distractions and allows us to take a daily peak into our subconscious. And, what better to gain waking access to these imbedded insights than to learn how to remember your dreams. Some ways to do just that:
Before you take on better dreaming, however, it's wise to ensure your good health first and getting the right amount of sleep is one of the best things you can do to protect it.
Very interesting article. Usually the only time I remember my dreams is when I am trying to make sense of something that is happening in my life at the time. I think I will give the dream journal a try and see what happens.
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I think that every experience is filed away in the mind. The more relaxed you are (as in sleep) the easier to retrieve these files. The converse is when you are awake, and under stress, and find things difficult to remember, like when you go to introduce someone you have known for years, and you freeze up.
During sleep I think you have more resources available to your mind (and fewer distractions) to allow you to work out things,and perhaps there's more of a free flow of thought. You can float above the ground, and your brain doesn't jolt you awake protesting the impossibility.