You’re studying for a particularly hard test that’s around the corner and feel that you haven’t covered as much of the syllabus as you wanted to by now.You begin trying to solve a problem that you think will take you 10 minutes to solve but 15 minutes later you find that your mind has wandered […]
Problem-solving in dreams (famous examples)
In dreams, while our conscious mind is inactive, our subconscious mind is actively working on problems that we may have failed to solve consciously in our waking life. That’s why it’s highly likely that a solution to a problem that you’ve been working on for quite a while can pop up in your dream.This is […]
What is a lucid dream, and how to have a lucid dream?
Usually, in the dream-state, the subconscious mind is active while the conscious mind is temporarily switched off.However, sometimes the conscious mind also becomes active during the dream and when this happens the dream is called a lucid dream. In other words, a lucid dream is a dream in which you’re aware that you’re dreaming. Many people, when […]
Why we get recurring dreams and how to get rid of them
Suppose you wanted to send an important email to someone but as soon as you hit the ‘send’ button, your screen displayed, ‘Message not sent. Check your network connection’. You check the connection but it’s fine and so you hit ‘send’ again. The same message displays again. In your frustration, you hit ‘send’ again and […]
Interpretation of the teeth falling and other dreams
This is the third and final post in the series of posts about the interpretation of some common dreams. In this post we explore the meaning hidden behind the dreams of falling teeth, missing a ride, feelingsick/dying, being lost and being in an out of control vehicle.Dreaming of falling teeth If you dream that your […]
Interpretation of falling, flying and ‘being naked’ dreams
This is part 2 of the series of posts about some common human dreams and their meaning. In this post, we unveil the mystery surrounding dreaming of falling, flying and being naked. Dreaming about falling This dream can take up other forms such as drowning or sinking in quicksand. This dream generally represents a loss […]
Dreaming about ‘failing in an exam’ and ‘being chased’
We all have our unique dream symbols the meaning of which can be understood in the light of our own belief systems but there also exist some dreams that are common to a majority of the human beings. This is because there are some life experiences that are experienced by most of us irrespective of […]
How to understand the meaning of dream symbols
Sometimes a dream is very clear in its message- you see yourself talking to a person you wanted to talk to in real life or you see a friend you were concerned about dying or becoming sick.At other times, however, the dream is not so straightforward; it becomes twisted, distorted and unrealistic. That’s when the […]
How to interpret dreams (A 5-step guide)
An uninterpreted dream is like an unopened letter. Almost all of us see dreams at night whether we remember them or not. It is believed that we see around 3 to 6 dreams per night, each dream lasting between 5 to 20 minutes.Dreams, like emotions, are a means of communication between your conscious mind and […]
Dream symbols: Why we sometimes see weird dreams
Dreams are a means of communication between you and your subconscious mind. When you are dreaming, there is often a message that the subconscious mind is trying to convey to you through the dream.Now the problem is, this message is usually encoded in dream symbols and so is often difficult to understand. Other times, the […]