Each of sleeps a good portion of our lives. While we sleep, each of us dreams. When we wake up, some of these dreams are very memorable. They are right there, front and center, in our mind’s eyes. Maybe they were positive, maybe they were a nightmare. But, whatever the defining factor, some of our dreams, a few of them, are very prominent in our thinking memories when we wake up. What happens next? We get out of bed, embrace the day, and what occurs with those dream memories, they are gone; forgotten.
 
How many of your dreams do you remember for more than few minutes after you have awaken? This, though again, much of our lives is spent dreaming.
 
Compare this to waking reality. We each remember much of it. Whether it is the big things or it is the small thing, memories of waking life swirl around in our memory mind throughout our lifetime.
 
Why don’t we remember our dreams?
 
Since the dawning of rising human consciousness, the soothsayers have discussed, philosophized, and have composed texts based on the dream state. It seems within every generation, there is a time when this quest comes to the forefront of discussion. But, what arises from this? Has there ever been any definitive factual understanding presented about the truth of the dream state? No, there has not. Yet, as dreams are such an essential part of human life, why do we, even on a personal level, know and/or understand so little about them?
 
How much do you/have you pondered your dream state? How much of a quest have you put into what your dreams truly mean? How many times have you questioned, why don’t I remember most of my dreams?
 
For each person, the answer to these questions is very personal.
 
I know from my own perspective, I have long been interested in the dream state. …Ever since I was a child I have studied the ancient literature on the subject and even some of the modern findings. Have I discovered any true answers? No, not really.
 
Perhaps, at least part of my quest, was given birth to via my own experiences in dream state. From my childhood forward, I used to dream the future. I would find myself living an event and realize I had dreamed this situation the night or two nights before. Sometimes, the life living was just a little bit different than the dream. I surmised this was due to the fact that the people involved must have made a few different life choices in the approach to that life situation. Other times, life was exactly as I had seen it in my dream.  
 
There came a point in my later teens, however, that I realized I did not want to know the future. I did not want to see what was coming. Because, in fact, what could I do to change it? Because by the time I got there, I was already living it.
 
The one time that this Mind Thing came clearly into focus was when I was able to save this one female friend of mine from encountering a very negative situation. I had dreamed what was about to happen. Thus, I guided her down a different path. Though I was very glad I could save her, I just did not want to know this kind of stuff anymore. I did not want to dream the future. So, I stopped it.
 
Now, I get it, this is all very hocus-pocus. But, it does provide us with a bit of insight into what dreams can possibly mean. Yet, there is no definitive answer. At least from my understanding, there is no way to control them. There is no way to decide what we will dream. So, as they are out of our control, as we barely remember the dreams we dream, what do they truly mean to our life?
 
The answer to this is defined differently by each individual. Personally, I love to sleep. I love to dream. It’s a great separate reality. But, as there can be no finalized definition given. As there is no true way to control what takes place in dream state. As a person’s biography is not defined by the dreams he drempt. As most of our dreams are forgotten the moment we wake up, can they truly be anything more than what they are? Simply an escapade in a momentary reality where when we wake it all goes away.