What is the main purpose of dreams?

 The world of our dreams is a treasure trove of valuable knowledge, both practical, helping us solve material problems, and magical, touching upon the issues of our being.

By developing the art of dreaming, we gain access to ever greater levels of our consciousness.

Our waking lives and our dreams are not two separate worlds. By doing things during the day, we create things and events at night. Dreams reflect our desires, aspirations, worries, and joys like a mirror. Understanding dreams, or interpreting them, is not just about predicting the future or seeking direct dream meanings, such as: "You dream of a train—you're going on a business trip."

The main purpose of understanding dreams is to:

- develop one's consciousness/self,

- diagnose and heal the state of one's body and mind,

- obtain guidance and inspiration on how to cope with specific problems,

- view life from another, deeper dimension,

- contact with spiritual helpers (angels, higher self, higher consciousness, guardian),

- and finally, dreams allow us to consciously shape our lives more effectively.

Each dream message carries its own message, related to and intended for the dreamer. This stems from the fact that every human being, despite great similarities, is still distinct in their consciousness here on Earth.

When understanding the message of a dream, do not rely on others. The dream is in your language, and only you can fully understand it. Because only you know the most about yourself and can thus discover the hidden meanings of individual symbols and their connection to your life. Therefore, the ability to observe yourself and your surroundings is crucial.

I recommend reading:

Teresa Rita Sanlit - "How to Interpret Dreams"

Dr. Harmon H. Bro - "Dream, Life, Future - Edgar Cayce on Dreams"

Many people are wary of symbolic dream interpretation, as symbols seem unusual and unconventional to them. "Chaldean Magician Dream Books" discourage skeptics, while psychological interpretation, especially the Jungian version, seems overly complicated to the average person, requiring extensive knowledge of the humanities. One begins to wonder how it is possible that in a dream one becomes such a professor (or Chaldean Magician), and thus doubts arise. Of course, in many dreams, our minds reach far beyond the limits of our everyday experiences. Then, symbols may appear that we will only understand after much study. However, there are also many "ordinary" symbols that can be explained without resorting to magical books or scientific treatises.

Symbolic thinking is based on one of our mind's fundamental abilities – the ability to create associations, look for similarities, and mentally connect various objects and concepts. From association, it's easy to move on to substitution, substituting one thing for another. Sometimes it's a matter of convenience – a heart can be drawn faster than writing "I love you," and besides, it's also legible even to people who don't speak our language. Often, it's about greater vividness, expressiveness, or a stronger emotional engagement – the statement "my heart is breaking" is more dramatic than simply "I'm grieving." This is how symbols are born. We see them every day – hearts pierced by arrows, road signs, crosses, mailboxes opening on websites... But that's not all, as each of us uses symbolic expressions daily, and our language is swarming with them. "Now it's all downhill from here," we say when difficulties are over; "follow your heart," we offer advice when facing emotional difficulties; "You're dreaming," we scold the dreamer.

"Why would symbols appear in my dreams?" asks the skeptic. The answer is—why not? After all, we use them constantly in our waking state—why would we suddenly stop in our dreams? The only difference is that in our waking state, our minds primarily use words, whereas in dreams, they primarily have images at their disposal, so they often have to "act out" their symbols. This is also an easy way to explain the universal nature of many symbols (without referring to the Akashic Chronicles or the theory of the collective unconscious). People raised in the same culture and with similar life experiences simply associate certain things with the same things. In Western culture, for example, it is common to consider the heart to be the seat of emotions, so a dream in which someone has a compass in their heart is a very clear symbol of being guided by emotions; however, the situation would be completely different in a culture where the heart was considered the seat of reason.