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Can Your Dreams Help You Succeed In Life?
Dreams - we all have them.
But are they really significant in the real world? Many people
do believe that remembering and learning to interpret your
dreams can help you solve problems in the waking world, confront
and conquer repressed feelings and issues that you avoid or are
afraid to deal with in the waking world, and can to put your
best foot forward.
For many centuries, dreams have played a significant role in the
lives of many people. Military, political, and spiritual
decisions have been made because of a dream. In some tribes, the
journey into manhood includes retreating into the mountains to
commune with the spirit world through dreams. The dreams are
believed to reveal to the young man what his purpose in this
life will be - the path that he should take for his journey
through his life on earth.
Dreams are the brain's way of sorting all of the information
taken in during your waking hours. Even though there are
constant noises going on in the background, the brain only
concentrates on the most compelling circumstances - everything
else is stored away to be dealt with at a later time - and that
occurs in our dreams.
Dreams offer you a chance to take a close look at yourself and
learn just exactly what makes you tick - what your true desires
are. Dreams can also provide you with a way to face the things
that you do not like about yourself and learn to alter these
aspects of your personality into something that is positive and
more productive in your waking life.
Some people base all of their personal, business, and social
decisions on the interpretation of their dreams. They learn to
manipulate their dreams in order to focus on upcoming events
that could change their lives.
Sigmund Freud, one of the greatest minds of the 19th century,
revolutionized he study of dreams. He called dreams the "royal
road to the unconscious". Freud's initial assessment of dreams
was that all dreams appeal to our sexual nature. While he later
readjusted his thoughts, he clung to the theory that dreams are
a wish fulfillment - a way for our conscious minds to become
aware of our innermost fears and desires.
Carl Jung studied under Freud. His views on dreams greatly
contrasted those of Freud - to the point that they parted
company and went their separate ways in their studies of dreams.
Jung believed that dreams were more spiritual in nature. Like
Freud, Jung believed that dreams were a "window to our
unconscious" - a way of communicating and acquainting ourselves
with the unconscious. Through our dreams, we can better
understand our true feelings and find solutions to problems we
are facing in our waking life. Jung believed that our dreams
"serve to guide the waking self to achieve wholeness" - a unity
of body, spirit, and mind.
Your dreams can help you achieve a unity of body, spirit, and
mind by showing you the path in life that will lead to
happiness. Many times we may take a job because the pay is good,
the benefits are good, and the "social status" we aspire to can
be obtained through this job. But, if the job does not make us
happy - if the job is not the career that we truly desire -
could this be holding us back from feeling successful? In many
cases, the answer is yes.
Being successful means different things to different people. But
to most people, being successful means that we are achieving our
goals in a personal, professional, and social aspect. Your
dreams can actually help you to attain success. Dreams allow you
to better understand your true desires and with this knowledge,
you can begin reaching for your goals. Dreams can help you face
aspects of your personality that you may not like - and once you
have faced them, you have the power to make changes that allow
you to bring out the best of yourself.
Throughout the history of man, even during Biblical times,
dreams have played a significant role. God often appeared in the
dreams of His people. Many people have been warned of medical
problems in their dreams - and often were able to make changes
that helped them avoid the medical problem. Dream interpretation
enables us to create a unity in mind, body, and spirit - thus
creating a way for us to achieve success in our lives. Dreams
are one of the free resources available to help us choose the
path in life that will fulfill all of our desires.
Sarah Sheffington writes on a wide variety of topics. For more
information about dream interpretation, visit
www.MeaningBehindDreams.com and sign up for the free email
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