Understanding (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge

         Dreams can help you in understanding self and the external world.   The subconscious mind reinterprets daily events as well as how you feel about your life.  If you are content and happy, your dreams will likely reflect those feelings.  If you are having dreams that frighten or discourage you then you need to take a look at your life to see what it is that might offer threats or apprehensions.

          The mind uses dreams to connect your body, soul, and environment to some sense of meaning and point to ways that you can clear up the difficulties that might be standing in your way.  Your dreams rarely hand over the answers you need in any obvious way.   It's up to you to figure things out by determining what the dream symbols represent and what you need to do with them.

         Your dreams might not deliver easy answers, but they can help but you on the road to better understanding.   Dreams are a useful tool when you take advantage of them.

         Do you ever use dreams to understand yourself and environment better?     Do you see any useful purpose to dreams and the study of those dreams?   What are some ways that you might analyze your own dreams to make them more clear to you?

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Traveling (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge

       Traveling dreams for me are of a highly personal nature that many readers might not share in the same way as I do.   Since I spent many years touring with a theater group, traveling for me represents essentially a way of life as well as part of a work environment.  Traveling in dreams for me is normally a relatively positive circumstance in which I feel comfortable for the most part.

        The part where travel in dreams might find a common ground between me and others for whom travel might tend to be a more special experience is the feeling of being lost or being late.  In my travel dreams I frequently find myself behind schedule which can introduce an element of stress into the dream.  Add to that the sense of being lost and the dream can become highly disorienting and sometimes rather upsetting.

         In some of these travel dreams I will find myself without my vehicle for one reason or another and I will be on foot.  Typically I am not alone, but with another person or a group of people.  As we travel, whether it be by vehicle or on foot, I will often get side-tracked by other events or situations and my original destination becomes forgotten or determined to be a lost cause.

        There are also travel dreams that might involve car trouble, accidents, or external threats that hinder my ability to continue my journey.  These situations are likely to be more relatable to those of you who are not frequent travelers.  In your case you might be dreaming about trying to get to work or some other destination that is important to you.

         Do you dream about travel?   Where are you usually going when you dream about trying to get somewhere?   What typically hinders you from reaching your dream destinations?

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Sex (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge

      One of the most common elements of dreams is sex.   There can be any number of interpretations of a dream about sex and several reasons that one might have dreams about sex.  Generally a sex dream would indicate desire, a wish for dominating another, or a fear resulting from a threat of another person.

       The desire part is easy enough.   Our dreams often merely depict something that we are wishing for.  The partner in the dream might not be one that we would really want in waking life, but the meaning behind that depiction would have to be something determined by self-analysis.  The main components to consider in a desire dream would be who we were with, where the act had occurred, what were the circumstances of the encounter, and how the situation made us feel.

        Some sex dreams are not really about sex at all, but they actually refer to our wish to dominate, control, or humiliate another person in our lives.  Once again how we feel about the situation is an important determinant as to the possible meaning of the dream.

         Sex dreams that induce fear are again not so much about sex as they are about real or perceived threats.   If you have a dream of this nature you should carefully consider what the dream is telling you and perhaps heed the warning delivered by the dream.  Often it is nothing but a matter of something thought or heard about the person in the dream.   In some cases the dream encounter might be a symbolic representation of something totally unrelated to anything sexual.   It's up to you to read carefully the dream story and emotions to determine whether these dreams are important to your waking life or something else entirely that has nothing to do with the person about whom you dreamed.

          Have you ever dreamed of a totally absurd encounter with someone that you would not have otherwise thought about in a sexual context?   Do you have recurring nightmares of a sexual nature?  Do sex dreams typically make you feel positive or negative?

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Running (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge

        Dreams about running deal with one of three things:   being pursued, being in pursuit, or running just to be running.   For the sake of simplicity I'll lump in running because we are late with being in pursuit of something (a perceived deadline) or if you prefer we can make that a fourth reason for dream running.    When running in a dream we are running under stress or for the elation of the freedom of running.

        Running can mean many things to the dreamer.  In order to understand your own dream about running you might examine the reason you are running in the dream and what that situation has to do with anything in your waking life.  Then you should consider how the running in the dream makes you feel.  You might be scared, angry, or even having fun as you play a running game.   Running in pursuit or being pursued would either usually relate to achieving something or avoiding something.  Your own analysis can bring you closer to figuring out why you are running for either of these reasons.

        If you are running just for the fun and exhilaration then you might be longing for a sense or freedom from some physically or emotionally constraining aspect of your life.  When I am running in this manner in a dream I feel like I am younger and in terrific shape.  I can do things in the dream that I cannot do in my actual life and I awaken from the dream feeling a sense of well-being and strength.

         The negative effect of running in a dream might be rapid heartbeat, sweating, or nervousness.  If this is a recurring event of your sleep then perhaps you should consult with your physician.

         If you experience running in your dream, what is it in the dream that is happening during these episodes?    Are you a runner in waking life?    Is there a health or physical condition that prevents you from running in waking life?

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Questions (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge

         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?

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