Dreaming - The reality behind dreams

Rich or poor, smart or differently abled, we all see dreams and love it. There have been so many studies on understanding and analyzing dreams. This is going to be one of the most happening unresolved mysteries ever...

But then, here are some pointers about dreams that you may or may not have known and one amazing trick to see a dream at your will.



1. Until sometime ago, it was believed that dreams appear in black & white. I've been writing and recording my dreams and all my dreams appeared in colour.

2. We are ourselves in our dreams (true, not only this, we do what we may not do in real life but whatever you do is what you can actually do - something like the movie Mask, your real character comes well with no inhibitions).

3. If you think about something or someone before you sleep, you will dream about that/them (Not true, else Asin would've been always with me)

4. You are not sleeping when you are dreaming.... this means, even though you are dreaming, your brain is working and is giving you instructions on what you should do in the dream but you don't have full control. For e.g., if you are on a diet in real life and you are dreaming about a Chocolate Ice Cream, you will sense the pressure building but you are more likely to eat the ice-cream.

You have to really focus to understand and analyze point 4 and try and jot down the dream in your diary to see a trend. It helps!

5. If you think about something or someone before you sleep, you will dream about that/them (Not true, else Asin would've been always with me). But you are very likely to dream about aspects that are related to you 10 years + or -.

If you are 25, you are more likely to watch dreams about:
- sports
- exams
- failure
- friends
- fantasies
- flying (it is a subconscious effort to let you know about your freedom)

If you are 45, you are likely to watch dreams about:
- family
- money
- and more responsible aspects of life

If you have your share of experiences, do post as comments below or shoot

an email over to ajDOTmenonATgmailDOTcom

6. Would you like to dream at your will? This is now possible with a tried and tested method. You cannot however choose what you wish to dream being positive about life helps you dream good things/good experiences.

Here's what you need to do:

- Analyze how many hours of sleep you generally require (lets say 7 hours). This means, anything less than this will still make you hit the bed.

- Wake yourself using an alarm or something in the 5th hour or so. I know it sounds stupid but it worked every single time with me. Once you are up, try and come to your senses, get-up, switch off the alarm and realize that you were sleeping and you are up and hit the bed again. That's it. You are very likely to watch a dream now. Try it; it has never failed me.