Dreams are so compelling, and they often seem so weird and strange - surely they must have a "purpose" ; that is, an "adaptive role" in the maintenance of our bodily or psychological health (Dumhoff). Dreams are a communication of body, mind and spirit in a symbolic communicative environment state of being. Now that you are thoroughly confused let me explain in a more down to earth language. Our brains are in constant activity. Different states of consciousness (like awake, asleep, alert, drowsy, excited, bored, concentrating or daydreaming) cause different brain wake activity. "Our conscious mind, or the part we think with, our "window"into life, only takes up a very small portion of our brain activity. Some say this is only 10%" (Basics about Dreaming, 2005).
Every person on Earth dreams every night, and we all end up passing about a third of our lives in sleep. It follows that there must be something very important going on while we sleep and dream, yet in the......

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