Lucid dreaming and astral travel for beginners: Everything you need to know

By Vanesa Castañeda

Discover the secrets of lucid dreaming and astral travel with our revolutionary book: "Lucid Dreaming and Astral Travel for Beginners". Immerse yourself in a fascinating world of possibilities and learn to explore your own mind in a whole new way.
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• Language: English
• Publisher: Vanesa Castaañeda
• Release date: Jul 20, 2023
• ISBN: 9791222427904

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CHAPTER 1 - WHY DO WE DREAM?

The issue of why we have dreams has captivated scientists and philosophers for a long time. of years. Despite the scientific studies on the role of dreams, we don't have a definitive answer to the reason we dream. While a lot of unanswered questions about dreams persists, numerous experts have developed theories regarding the meaning behind dreams, and new research has provided more certainty.

What's your dream?

Dreams are the thoughts, images and feelings felt during sleep. Dreams can be emotional or intense to blurry, elusive, or boring. Certain dreams are happy, some are frightening, and others sad. Sometimes, dreams be a coherent story and others appear to be illogical in any way.

There are a myriad of mysteries about the sleep and dreaming process However, what they are aware of is that nearly everybody dreams each night at a rate of around two hours every night, regardless of whether they remember it upon waking awake or not. 1

Beyond the details of a specific dream, there's also the question of what we are dreaming about. In this article, we discuss the most popular theories regarding the reason we dream and how these theories can be used to explain specific dreams.

What are the methods used by scientists to study dreams?

Traditionally, the meaning of dreams is determined by the dreamer's personal memories after awakening. But, it is also accomplished through an objective evaluation in the laboratory.

One study made a basic Dream Content Map that was able to determine what dreamers were experiencing in real-time with the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) patterns. The map was later confirmed by sleep reports from dreamers.

Dreams and their role

The most well-known theories about dreams suggest that the purpose of dreaming is:

Consolidate memories

Process emotions

Express our deepest desires

Practice handling the potential hazards

Most people believe we have dreams because of a mix of these motives rather than for a specific theory. Additionally, although some researchers believe that a dream is crucial to mental, emotional and physical health However, some researchers suggest that dreams do not serve any real reason.

The truth is that although a myriad of theories have been put forward however, there is no one consensus that has emerged on the reasons we think as we do.

The different stages of sleep can be a sign of something else. Dreams with the most intense vivid images happen when we are in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep These are the ones we're most likely keep in our memory. We also have dreams when we are not in rapid eye movements (non-REM) sleeping, however those dreams are said to be less frequently remembered and contain more routine contents.

Dreams could be a reflection of the unconscious

Sigmund Freud's theory of dreams suggests that dreams are a reflection of subconscious thoughts, desires of fulfillment of wishes, as well as motives. According to Freud that people are motivated by unconscious, repressed desires, like sexual and aggressive instincts.

Although many of Freud's theories have been disproved Research suggests that there's the dream rebound effect often referred to as the dream rebound theory where the suffocation of an idea can cause dreams to take place.

What is the reason that dreams occur?

in The Interpretation of Dreams, Freud wrote that dreams are.

covert realizations of suppressed desires. He also outlined two distinct elements of dreams the visible contents (real pictures) in addition to latent content (hidden purpose).

Freud's theory was instrumental in the popularity and growth of dreams and their interpretation. While studies have failed to establish that the manifest meaning obscures the psychological significance that a person has in their dreams, a few specialists believe that dream interpretation plays a crucial function in the processing of emotional states and stressful events.

How psychoanalysis has influenced the psychology field.

Information from processing dreams

Based on the activation-synthesis model of dreams, first suggested by J. Allan Hobson and Robert Mccarley, circuits in the brain are activated in REM asleep, that triggers the hippocampus and amygdala to produce a series of electric impulses. The result is a collection of random thoughts and images that occur while you dream.

As we wake our active minds combine the many images and fragments of the dream to make a coherent story.

In the hypothesis of activation-synthesis dreams are a collection of randomness that occurs in the sleep mind, and is rearranged in a meaningful manner when we awake. In this regard dreams can lead the dreamer to make new connections, spark interesting ideas, or even trigger an epiphany of creativity in their day-to-day lives.

Dreams help to remember

According to the theory of information processing Dreaming is a way to process and consolidate all the memories and information that we've accumulated during the day before. Certain experts in dreaming suggest that dreaming may be a result or an active aspect of the processing of events.

The theory, also known by the name of the theory of self-organization for dreams, suggests that dreaming is an effect of brain's neuronal activity, since memories are built up in sleep. In this process of redistribution subconscious information thought that memories can be stronger or weaker. According to the self-organization theory that underlies dreams, when we dream valuable memories are boosted, whereas less valuable ones disappear.

The research supports this idea by revealing improvements in complicated tasks when one dreams about performing these tasks. Research has also shown it is during REM sleep, theta waves were than usual in frontal regions exactly as they do during learning about, storing and recalling information in the daytime.

Dreams stimulate creativity

Another theory on dreams states that their goal is to aid us in solving issues. According to this view of creativity, the unconscious in its unconstrained mind is free to unleash its unlimited potential without weighing down the stifling reality of the world of consciousness. Indeed, research has demonstrated that dreaming is an effective way to stimulate creativity.

Research and anecdotal evidence confirm that a lot of people can successfully tap their dreams for inspiration. They consider their dreams to be the source of their memorable aha experiences.

The ability to create surprising connections between ideas and memories that are a part of dreams frequently is an especially fertile ground for creative thinking.

Dreams reflect your life

According to the continuity theory dreams function as an expression of the person's actual life, by incorporating memories of their lives within their dreams. Instead of being a straightforward repetition of your daytime life the dream appears as an amalgamation of fragments of memories.

Yet, studies have shown that sleep that is not REM-related could be more closely linked to memories that are declarative (the routine things) and REM dreams contain more instructive and emotional memories. 4. In general, REM dreams are generally more easily remembered compared to non-REM dreams.

Based on the continuity theory memory may be intentionally dispersed in dreams to facilitate the integration of new learning and experiences into the long-term memory. 7. Nevertheless, there remain numerous unanswered questions regarding the reasons why certain aspects of memories show up more or less in