How many of you dream regularly? Or I should ask how many of you remember your dreams? I am sure very few! There are very few people who actually dream often and are also able to remember their dreams. However, the reality is that no one can actually remember more than 0.5% of their entire dream. Although, that 0.5% dream seems like their entire dream. Scientifically, we know that mostly dreams occur in REM stage of our sleep. REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement. It is a fact that we dream more vividly during our REM stage of sleep. But rarely, we may also dream during the non-REM sleep stage. However, these dreams are fragmented, short and generally not remembered.
Even the modern scientists are yet unable to prove as to what is the actual source for dreams and what is the purpose of dreaming. But science says that people who dream are also the ones who actually complete their sleep. Technically, you have had a deep sleep if you reach REM sleep stage once or multiple times. The sleep pattern differs according to the ages - the infants need to sleep 12-14 hours in a day, the teenagers need to sleep 8-10 hours a day whereas fully grown adults need to sleep 7-9 hours a day so as to stay healthy. The modern lifestyle has recently impacted the sleep pattern diminishing the sleep hours due to advent of technology and social media. Do you ever realise why the infants need to sleep 12-14 hours? It is because their brain is in the development stage and the neurons are getting connected to each other. This brain development activity happens at a faster rate only during the sleep and especially during the non-REM stage. Similarly, in teenagers and adults it is required for the wear and tear of the brain cells. Even the senior adults (60+ years of age) need adequate sleep to maintain the brain cell functionality. Although, the sleep pattern in older adults is lesser as compared to normal adults. They tend to sleep around 6 hours which is enough for them.
Let us talk about dreams now. So, what do you generally dream of? Is it something adventurous? Is it about beautiful sceneries or is it about nightmares? The dreams are our astral projections into non-physical realms of existence. Basically, it is a journey of our soul into dimensions not identified by the science yet. This is also a major reason for scientists not being able to research and prove the existence of dreams in our sleep. Another interesting feature about dreams is Lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming is a phenomenon where you are dreaming but are simultaneously aware that you are dreaming. Lucid dreaming also gives you an opportunity to take control over your dreams. Fascinating? Isn't it? Sometimes dreams also give you a Deja vu experience - something that you dream actually becomes a reality in your conscious life. Some people call it a psychic ability to foresee the future. All this sounds like a science fiction already, but it's a reality. We are a complex being composed of physical bodies and an innate life form called as soul that is governing the life in us. Our physical bodies are limited to the physical limitations in the observable world. But the innate life form called as soul has the ability to trave through dimensions and it keeps travelling before our life, after our life and somewhere in between our sleep. There are so many unexplained phenomenon happening in our lives that we do not have any clue of. I would love to know your experiences about dreams in the comments section below.
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