What are our dreams? I know what we think they’re, but I have my doubts. It seems there a lot of gaps and no one is exploring this fascinating field. Those that travel the oceans and have a big interest always seem to say the same thing. They talk about how man has worked so hard to leave the Earth and explore outer space; yet we don’t even know what lies at the bottom of our oceans. Staying along those lines of thought, I think we have advanced for into the medical field, but yet the simple things like the common cold and our dreams have no true answers.

I do understand how the common cold works and it really isn’t that common at all despite the name. Our colds are complex and they come in a zillion trillion million forms, so I guess in theory, we will never have the cure for the “common” cold. We may cure some of them, but no one probably thinks we will get them all. I understand that, but what about our simple daytime and night time dreams?

A day time dream can seem more intense and more memorable. Why is that? Maybe something as simple as our bodies aren’t use to the daytime dreams and our sleep patterns get broke up more easily. At night for most people they sleep in a cycle. In the middle of that cycle is where we dream. By the time we complete our night time sleep cycles, it’s hard to remember our dreams. For people that want to remember their dreams better at night, they can keep a pen and paper nearby, so when they wake up, they can jot down as many things as they can possibly remember. It’s interesting how quick we forget our dreams. Why do we remember them so well when we first wake up, but later in the afternoon or evening, we forget them so quickly?

This all goes back to the human brain and it’s fascinating to think how our brains work. Our brains can store lots of memories and process data much faster than the biggest, most powerful computer on the planet. Our dreams seem to fall in a short term memory bank in our brains. Why is that? Why do we remember details of 2 weeks ago, 2 months ago, or even 2 years ago so well; yet 12 hours after waking up, most of us can remember we had a cool/bad dream, but we forgot the details. Is our brains storing our dreams in this short term memory bank? Why is it that very few dreams get into our long term memory banks?

Another question that has been asked by men since the beginning of time, is probably the most popular one. Why are we here? Why was this planet and our solar system created for us to have life? Is it possible that our dreams are trying to provide us these clues? I know that may sound far-fetch, but why are we here? I think our dreams is the most religious experience many of us will ever have. Does these experiences from our dreams provide answers to why man is here on Earth? It is worth taking a look at. Besides, where would you begin to look for answers to why we are really here? I hope more funding and research can be provided in my lifetime, to provide more answers or even theories to why we dream and is it related to something much bigger?

Please give your feedback and have you ever thought outside of the box? If you push away the science now (which isn’t much if you ask me) on why we do have dreams and try to place them in a much bigger puzzle, I think it gets more interesting and exciting too; that our dreams may offer answers that will go further than any man-made satellite into outer space. I look forward to reading your replies, theories, suggestions, or just give a personal opinion about dreams. Feel free to even share a strange, good, awful, or any other types of dreams in your reply. Did you ever have a dream that predicted the future and it came true? In my early studies and research, the only pattern I have been able to establish so far, is that some people do dream of deaths in the family and they come to be true. Did you ever dream of someone dying and 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month later it happened? Please share your dreams that told of the future (good or bad), I want to hear them.