What are dreams? People have been searching for the answer for thousands of years. It is interesting that depending on education, faith, mentality, culture, people give completely different answers. Let's try to consider how dreams are interpreted today by representatives of different groups.
Sleep from the point of view of medicine and physiology
Sleep is a state that is inherent not only to humans, but also to birds, mammals, and, perhaps (who knows?), And other forms of life. This is a natural situation in which the work of the brain is reduced to a minimum, the reactions slow down. In this state, people and animals are able to see the images that they met during the day. But they appear in a distorted form (it is said that the brain “slows down”), and therefore they have no meaning for a person other than rest. Doctors distinguish
normal sleep - physiological, which should be daily, and lethargic - a painful condition with the maximum reduced activity of the body. They also distinguish hypnotic sleep and suspended animation (an artificially induced state of deep sleep). Some specialists add fainting to this group and to whom.
What are dreams from the point of view of psychologists
Today, psychologists are sure that, despite their physiological nature, dreams can predict the future. They explain it like this. During the period of human activity, the leading role belongs to the brain, but everything that happens also falls into the subconscious. At night, when the brain is at rest, it takes over
subconscious. It analyzes and synthesizes everything that happened during the day. People, events, sensations and experiences are reflected, compared, and then the subconscious mind draws a conclusion. Example: a person constantly sees in a dream a labyrinth from which he cannot get out. Then suddenly he sees a light, but not where the exit should be. Why do you have such dreams? The interpretation is something like this: in reality, a person cannot make a decision or find a way out of an unpleasant situation for a long time. In a dream, this decision is transformed into light, and during the day the dreamer can look at the situation from the other side and find a way out of it. Dreams, psychologists say, help organize the impressions accumulated during the day and be more sensitive to life.
What are dreams from the point of view of mystics
Many are sure that the human body is not only flesh and blood. According to them, sleep is what the mental body experiences. It is it that can go into the astral plane and travel beyond time and boundaries, it is it that is able to go to the subtle worlds and descend into the underworld. What are dreams from the point of view of mystics? The ability to connect with the general information field and get the necessary information there.
Sleep and religion
The Orthodox Church teaches that there are no subtle worldsdoes not exist, and there are no mental bodies. Man has only body and soul. And dreams are either sent by the Lord, or inspired by the Devil. Therefore, the former are nothing but divine warnings, and the latter are satanic deceptions. You need to listen to some, and wash others off with running water, and then pray that God will protect you from seduction. Some tribes living today compare sleep to death. I wonder what do you think about this?
