Many life events and stories involve dreams.
For example, a TV series tells the story of a woman who keeps having the same dream.
In the dream, she sees two brothers blocked by train tracks, and then she wakes up in a panic.
The second half of the story suggests that this is the work of a ghost who died more than twenty years ago, seeking help to solve a problem due to his inner turmoil, and thus appearing in the protagonist’s dream.
In another episode, the protagonist dreams of details of a “serial rape and murder case” that will occur twenty years later, and then tries every means to bring the “future criminal” to justice.
While these plots are certainly captivating, are they possible in real life?
According to some authoritative statistics, two out of every ten people have claimed to have “predicted some upcoming events through dreams.”
Of these two, nearly half have also “foreseen major events outside their immediate surroundings.”
The most famous example is US President Lincoln. Before his assassination, he told others that he had dreamt of himself lying in a coffin, assassinated.
Similarly, before the 9/11 attacks over a decade ago, some websites dedicated to dream research and sharing published dream reports remarkably similar to the actual events of the 9/11 Twin Towers attacks.
I myself have consistently experienced inexplicable yet prophetic dreams, which have all come true precisely.
All these signs indicate that prophetic dreams, even those that foresee the future, frequently occur around us. Accurately understanding them can have a positive and meaningful impact on ourselves and even the world.
How to Understand the Messages Dreams Send Us?
Friends often ask me how to correctly understand and interpret the messages in their dreams.
Or they ask if the various dream interpretation books on the market are reliable, and then ask me to interpret their dreams.
However, the most qualified person to interpret dreams is never someone else, but the dreamer themselves.
The messages in dreams are always ambiguous.
Seeing a wolf in a dream doesn’t mean a wolf will appear in real life. On the contrary, the so-called “wolf” in the dream might just represent a certain person, a homophone of “wolf,” or simply symbolize a certain “emotional state” or “life sentiment”—it varies.
Therefore, buying a “dream dictionary” and memorizing the coded interpretations of certain “universally significant” objects, such as a car representing “control” or a “supermarket” symbolizing “choice,” while helpful, generally yields less than satisfactory results in overall dream interpretation.
I believe a better approach is to keep a record of your dreams and actively make connections between them. Examine your past dreams for common characteristics, patterns, or habitual expressions to identify any clues.
For example: Do your dreams often use homophones to give you hints? Do your dreams frequently convey messages through plots that are the opposite of reality? Or do your dreams often end with overlapping images or scenes?
Of course, not every dream has the characteristic of predicting the future.
In fact, meaningful dreams are quite rare.
However, from my experience, the following four types of dreams are most noteworthy: 1. Dreams with particularly intense emotions; 2. Dreams with a persistent quality; 3. Frequently recurring dreams; and 4. Dreams that feel strange but leave a clear impression.