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As I’ve said in the previous blog posts, dreams are a reflection of how self-aware a person is. According to some psychologists, including Carl Jung, dreams can also reflect a person insight into different spiritual levels. It isn’t often that the scientific world and the spiritual world mesh together, but when it comes to dreaming, bringing the two world together is vital in the attempt to understand the reason behind why we dream what we dream the imaginative power behind the mind.

The dreams we have day to day are normally pretty mundane.Jung called these dreams “little dreams.” But there are those couple of dreams that cause the dreamer to to feel more intensity and curiosity in relation to their dreams. Jung referred to these as “big dreams.” By focusing on everyday dreams, researchers miss the opportunity to observe the mind in its most creative and intense state. Everyday dreams can address everyday concerns; however, “big dreams” can deal with deeper issues and powerful feelings.

Dreams are a sort of bridge between the mind, body and spirit. It connects the rational mind, and the imaginative mind. Psychologists like to analyze all three categories together to then get a broader insight. Big dreams connect the dreamer to something bigger than themselves. When the dreamer starts to gain a feeling of awe and curiosity, it means that the dreamer is experiencing a mystical experience. Big dreams can have visits from people who have passed on. The dreamer can then analyze the ideas of heaven, the soul, hell, and afterlife.

Mystical dreams are dreams that depict the image of flying or traveling. Mystical dreams are dreams that lend themselves to religious and spiritual types of questions and interpretations.

After learning about “big dreams,” I really wanted to have one. I researched how someone can start dreaming big dreams, and I found that the whole idea comes from being self-aware. If you want to remember your dreams so that you can analyze them and become more aware, just try to pay more attention to your dreams, and write them down as soon as you remember them.

On a more religious note, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all three discuss different revelations of God or an angel through dreams. Buddhism and Daoism focus more on ‘transcendent awareness.’ And Native Americans dream of animal spirits and spiritual guides.

Each type of dream has a meaning relating back to the environment the dreamer came from or is in. Experimental studies have shown that dream recall depends on the situation around the dreamer. This could be the environment, friends or family.

Different psychological findings of dream research are aiding in dream analysis, mind behavior. All of this research is helping people understand the infinite seeming extense of the body.