All great psychological thinkers agreed on one thing - that dreams are expressions of our deeper selves and that understanding our dreams can give us valuable insightthat we can use in our waking lives."....the goal is always to find the relevance of the dream in the persons life in the present." Our dreams have a logic of their own. In our dreams we sort out our feelings, make plans for action, and rehearse skills that we need. Sigmund Freud called dreams the "Royal Road" to the unconscious mind. CarlJung initially turned down an offer to write his famous book Man and his Symbols, until a deciphered dream showed him the importance of presenting his work to the general public.

The dreams that we remember  are typically the ones that are the most important. Dreams that are especially vivid or that evoke a strong emotional reaction often reveal problems that we are facing in our waking lives that we are working on subconsciously. Bringing conscious awareness to those problems helps us to deal with them more directly. The simple act of uncovering the dreams meaning creates insight, and simultaneously releases the energy tied up in the conflict. This can be a tremendously freeing experience.".....we begin with the idea that each element in a dream corresponds to some real object, event or feeling from our waking lives....." Another of the most basic and useful benefits we gain from dream interpretation is insight into our own habits.By seeing how you move through a dream you can either see how you typically handle waking life situations, or the masks you use during the day are gone, and your genuine self is revealed. Are you active, confronting every challenge, or passively letting things happen around you? Are you friendly or stand-offish? Do you laugh? Cry? Show affection?

For Some Basic Principles of Dream Interpretation,
read the Excerpt from Dreams Do Come True.