KNOW ABOUT YOUR DREAMS

Dreams and the meaning behind them

 Did you saw today in your dreams? Do you remember all your dreams? Have you ever done pondering about the things you dream about and why do you see them? It sounds interesting yet unfathomable! 

What's the meaning behind seeing animals, person in your dreams? Did you saw a ghost(atma) in  your dream??agar main yeh boldu ki subh ke sapne sach hote haii (if I say the morning dreams can become reality) I know! What you all will sayy! - hanuman ji ki murti hai hamre pass chalisa bhi hai aap darao maat! How will we get out of the room at night!! Well sorry not sorry i watched to many horror movies, I just wanted you all to get some goosebumps. 

Let's start with knowing what do you mean by DREAMS: dreams are a series of events or images that happen in your mind when you sleep.

• Early civilization thought of dreams as a medium between humans and God. 

•TYPES OF DREAMS:

-Standard dream

-nightmare 

- night terrors

- lucid dreams 

1) Standard dreams - according to the National Sleep Foundation we typically dream about 4 to 6 times per night there is no way you might be thinking but that only because we forgot more than 95% of all dreams. 

# dreaming happens throughout the night,but are most vivid and often remembered dreams happen during, Rapid Eye Movement that is (REM) sleep. 

# according to research, 65% of the elements of dreams are associated with your experience is associated with your experience is while you are awake. A standard dreams will vary depending on the individual, but below are some features of dreams :

1) most dreams are predominantly visual meaning that images are at the forefront of Dreams rather than other senses like smell or touch. 

 #while most people dream in colour some dreams are entirely black and white. )

Nightmare- Nightmare or dreams that are scary or disturbing  . 

#some potential causes of nightmare- sleep deprivation ,eating right before bed, medication side effect,having a fever  or being ill 

#disorder such as sleeping Apnea, Nightmare disorder or Narcolepsy. 

# up to 71% of people with PTSD(Post Traumatic stress disorder),may experience nightmare which can be recurring if not treated. 

3) Night terrors- they are a type of sleep disorder that's more common in children then adults when someone have night terror the wake up terrified but may only have his weight Dream from the night terror. 

4) Lucid dreams- means you are aware that you are dreaming.  while you are in this sleep most people don't have frequent lucid dreams, though some Research report says that-  55% of people experience it at least once in their lives. 

# SOME OTHER TYPES OF DREAMS-: 1) Daydreams

#The main difference between a daydream and all other types of dreams is that you’re awake during a daydream.

# Daydreams occur consciously, but you may still feel like you’re not fully awake or aware of your surroundings. If someone catches you daydreaming, they may say that you look “zoned out” or lost in thoughts.

# Daydreams usually involve other people, whether real or imagined. Some research has shown that daydreaming about people you know predicts positive well-being while daydreaming about people you aren’t close to can predict more loneliness and worse well-being.

2) Recurring dreams

Recurring dreams are dreams that repeat more than once. They often have themes such as confrontations, being chased, or falling.

You can have neutral recurring dreams or recurring nightmares. If you have recurring nightmares, it may be due to an underlying mental health condition, substance use, or certain medication.

3) False awakenings

False awakenings are a type of dream occurrence where a person believes they’ve woken up but actually haven’t. If you’ve ever found yourself dreaming that you woke up, but it was actually a part of the dream, this is a false awakening.

# False awakenings have been noted to occur alongside lucid dreams and sleep paralysis.

4)  Healing dreams

While there’s not a lot of scientific information on healing dreams, they’ve been described as dreams that:a) bring you balance or harmony

b)   give you a sense of connection, 

c)    meaning or purpose 

d)  bring about reconciliation

leaves you feeling joyful or at peace

NOW FINALLY COMES THE MOST AWAITED ! Hold your breathe!!

What your dreams mean in Hinduism? 

: Dreams and dreaming: Hindu historical and mythological perspectives

One encounters the concept of dreams or dreaming (termed “swapna”) repeatedly in ancient Hindu classics, specifically the Upanishads, Puranas, Darshanas, Ayurveda and Atharva Veda(for more information about these and other terms, see the glossary at the end of this paper).Nevertheless, except with Ayurveda, the descriptions there tend to be more philosophical.

# The earliest Hindu reference to dreams can be found in the Rig Veda (dated back to 4000

BCE or perhaps 6000 BCE) which touched upon the themes of nightmares and waking

dreams. Another significant text, the SamaVeda, was composed at around 1500 BC and it gives considerable importance to the content present in dreams.

# According to the Upanishads (ca. 700 BCE), dream realities were approached in a more

systematic way. The Upanishads eloquently provide two main viewpoints on dreams: The

primary one holds that dreams are only expressions of inner desires (as in Freudian wish fulfillment) while the secondary view is similar to a Chinese belief that the soul leaves the body and is being taught right up to when the dreamer is awakened. The Mandukya

Upanishad lays out four major states of the true self (“atman”): waking(“jagrath”),dreaming

(“swapna”), dreamless sleep (“sushupthi”) and a supernatural, transcendent fourth state

(“turiya”).Seven types of dreams

The seven-fold classification of swapna covers the waking experience, somatic impulses,

imagination, and the influence of the supernatural. Acārya Caraka (13) has categorized the seven-fold dream classification as: seen (“dṛṣṭa”), heard(“śruta”), experienced (“anubhūta”),influenced by inner wants or desires (“prārthita”), created by the imagination (“kalpita”),manifested (“bhāvita”) and created by an imbalance of the temperaments (“doṣaja”).

# A “dṛṣṭa” :dream is of a thing we have previously seen in our waking life. 

# If while asleep we are aware of hearing words such dreams are called “sruta” dreams while the dreams in which we are aware of other sense perceptions from external causes are termed “anubhūta”, or experienced dreams. # Dreams where desiring any heard or experienced things which were earnestly desirable in wakefulness occurs is called “prārthita” or desired dreams. From time

to time and from a supposition of things -- that are within the range of the actual senses –

fantasies happen in the mind.

# Imaginations in sleep produce “kalpita” dreams or imagined dreams. Individual dreams which actually then happen in life are called “bhāvita” or manifested dreams. According to Hindu astrological science, dreams and signs are manifested on the palm based on past deeds and are indicators of the good and bad.

Comprehensive and detailed descriptions of manifested or precognitive dreams are available.

# Dreams experienced in vitiated states of temperament imbalance are called “doṣaja”which means diseased. According to Carakacarya, this seventh type of dream is additionally divided into those that do not affect the dreamer’s health and fitness (“aphala”) and those that do

(“phala”).

# The effects of dreams are mainly divided into auspicious (“shuba”) and inauspicious or unfortunate (“ashubha”). Dreams have also been described by other ancient teachers like Sushruta and Sharangdhara as omens: those that portend good outcomes or happenings (“su-swapna”) and their negative counterparts (“duh-swapna”).

#Acharya Haritha described dreams according to the duration of the impact after experiencing

a dream.The impacts from the dreams we see in the - first part of the night usually persist for a year . 

#while the impacts of dreams from the second parts and the third parts of the night persist for about six months and 90 days only.

 # Impacts from dreams during the fourth part of the night or early morning can only remain for a duration of ten days in our mind. 

#Dreams seen in the rainy season or during the day time persist for a period of six months. This is also described in the Bramhavaivarta Purana, a major Sanskrit text.

•Dreams associated with pregnancy:

Some teachers have explained that certain dreams that pregnant women have (“garbhalinga dharana”) can specify the gender of the child to be born. The objects observed in such a dream are evaluated as having masculine or feminine gender qualities based on which classification is used. For example, doing activities, taking food and drinks like a male,seeing fruits, a red lotus flower (“padama”), a blue lotus flower (“utpala”), a night blooming lotus (“kumuda”), thickened mango juice (“amrataka”), and seeing things like this(“padartha”) in their dreams means the new born will be male whereas doing thinks like taking food and drinks like a female, seeing sweet bananas (“kadali”), flowers like the taruni(a wildflower native to south India), hibiscus flowers (e.g., the rosejapa-shoe flower), or seeing similar things in their dreams denotes that the new born will be female.

#Dreams classified according to personality temperament and behavioural nature:

Different teachers have spoken about ones involvement in dreaming according to

temperament types of human beings. This means the dominance of a good particular

personality temperament can be considered responsible for the sort of dreams seen and the five basic elements dominating the characters in the dreams are homologous to those dominant in that particular temperament type. The dreams are described as follows:

# Those with an air and space temperament type (“vatta”)-- will experience dreams of flying or rising high in the sky, climbing trees or mountains, of dried and crooked trees and rivers, or riding camels (animals).

# Those of the fire and water temperament type (“pitta”)will have dreams of gold, the sun,palasha (a famous ayurvedic herb) and wodier trees (“karnika”), red coloured sky, fire, falling meteoric and lightening, and bright flames and light.

# Those with a water and earth temperament type (“kapha”) will usually dream of lotuses, ponds, clouds and aquatic birds like geese or swans (“hansa”) and ruddy shelducks (“chakravaka”)

•FACTS:: you forget 90% if your dreams 

2) blind people also have dreams 

3) men and women dream differently

4) negative emotions in dreams are more often than positive ones. 

5) you can have four to seven dreams in one night.  

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As a rule, the descriptions of dreams as mentioned in Hindu philosophy, mythology, etc., are largely unknown to westerners. Over the millennia Hindus accumulated a vast knowledge about them and sleep. Westerners tend to be more focused on the medical side of dreams and consider them to be the only mode available for access our unconscious mind. Various concept and theories based on Hindu philosophy can be helpful for obtaining a different understanding and point of view of these mysterious phenomena. The Hindu understanding of dreams can provide greater knowledge and insight into dreams and open new avenues for western dream research.    

#SOME COMMON DREAMS AND WHAT THEY SYMBOLISES: