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GLIMPSES OF OUR SELVES HOW DREAMS SHAPE OUR REALITY BY NEVE ELIZABETH Image by Lucas Gouvêa on Unsplash
How do dreams impact our lives? What do they mean? These questions have been pondered for centuries, ages even. Ancient civilizations, the Greeks, Vikings, Egyptians- they all believed in dreams being divine gifts and messages from the Gods. But over time, why has the technicality of science dominated the once romantic vision of dreams? This question is almost just as complex. Dreams offer us opportunities to turn inwards, reflect on certain situations, our inner feelings and subconscious. In the spiritual world, it is strongly believed that dreams are signs for us to interpret, to guide us on the journey of life. Despite most of our dreams being absurd and spectacularly nonsensical, if you look deeper, beyond the surface, you will be able to decipher things that can change the course of your path. While we are awake, we tend to get too distracted to not fully comprehend the signs screaming in our faces. But when we remove
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the distractions, and drift beyond our physical surroundings, things align in our minds and we can easily connect the dots. One personal experience of mine happened quite recently, but also months ago. Sitting in my Uni flat with a friend, I suddenly got a surge of De Ja Vu wash over me, so overwhelmingly it made me question everything right there in that situation. Why did I get the feeling like I’ve done this before? Some people believe it’s a sign that you’re in the right place in your life, but depending on the situation others believe it’s a warning. As humans, we tend to live by the socially constructed mantras in our heads, more so than trusting our intuition or our gut feeling. There’s a reason for our stomach’s being the ‘second brain’ of the body. This phenomenon stopped me in my tracks, made me reflect on certain things, and finally clarity washes over me. This being said, these days most believe it’s just an odd feeling we get
