What does it mean when someone in a dream asks a question? Or if you the dreamer asks a question? How can a dream cause a question to arise?
All interesting questions. The questions that I have been asked in dreams are usually absurd when they are asked, but there are not many occasions when I can recall being asked questions in dreams. If in my dream I ask a question it is usually of a normal variety of the nature of who somebody is or how do I get somewhere. The questions within dreams are not an element to which I've paid much notice and yet this is probably an important dream element to consider.
More than anything though the dreams themselves cause questions to arise. Most often the question is something of the nature of what a dream has meant. Another question is in regard to the reason why I have had a particular dream.
The curious semblance of normalcy in dreams would suggest that questions are asked within the context of a dream. The questions might be of an odder nature than those asked in waking life, but that would fit the dream logic.
The oddness of dreams and the peculiar nature of the dream story lines seem to naturally elicit puzzlement which in turn might lead to asking questions about the dream. Well asked questions are a good thing when we can learn something from the answers. Then at times there are no answers, but only more questions.
If you've been asked a dream question or asked one yourself of a dream character, what is typically the nature of the questions asked? In your dreams, is there dialogue or are your dreams more visual than audible? What is a question that you have puzzled over after having wakened from a dream?
Thanks Arlee for this. The questioning begins for me when I look at the dream in the cold light of day. I also know that I may not get any answers but that is part of the mystery. Sometimes I wonder if I am asking the right question when I re-read my dream.
ReplyDeleteAnd sometimes one question can lead to another.
DeleteLee
Oh there's dialog but I never remember any of it. I had a pretty weird and vivid dream last night but I can't remember it well enough to even write down.
ReplyDeleteI'm usually the same way. Sometimes I will remember some outstanding snippet or two, but never an entire conversation. And most of the time I think communication between me and other dream characters is almost telepathic or assumed.
DeleteLee
I don't recall any questions coming up in my dreams, although they could have. My dreams are probably more visual than talking. I usually can ponder the fact about why I dreamed something so weird after I wake up. My dreams can be way out in left field a lot of time.
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I think dreams would raise far more questions if we really thought about them for a while.
DeleteLee
Now that you've made me think about it, I'm trying to remember a time when a question was asked of me, or if I asked a question in a dream. I have dialog, and I know there are often questions in my head, but trying to think about a question being asked out loud is hard. Guess they don't happen that much for me to remark on them... Lisa, co-host AtoZ 2015, @ http://www.lisabuiecollard.com
ReplyDeleteI can't recall anything specific right now, but I know that it has happened.
DeleteLee
Most of my dreams, the ones I remember anyway, are more of the watcher variety. That is, I watch something unfolding. The questions usually have something to do with the action "on screen". Although, tonight I may have a different comment about this entirely.
ReplyDeleteJust hit you on the A to Z list...
Liz A. from Laws of Gravity