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COMMON DREAM THEMES

"Dreams are not about Sleeping, they are about Waking Up" -Robert Moss

Every night, so mewhere in the world dreamers are experiencing  variations of the same basic dreams. Of course the details will very due to culture and geography but the core meaning of the dream remains the same.

Whether the dreamer is in Africa being chased by a lion, in Florida being pursued by alligators, or in a big city being chased by a mugger, the plot of the chase is the same. The form the creature or pursuer takes in the dream is merely the regional "accent."
  

There are several basic dream themes that seem to occur most often both world-wide and culture-wide. As with chase dreams, other common dream themes include flying or falling, a car breaking down or machines malfunctioning, teeth falling out, being caught naked in public and so on. Some interpretations can seem like 'no-brainers' but we must resist the urge to accept what appears to be obvious just as we must resist looking at the dream literally.

The Universal dream themes are among the basic building blocks of all dreams and apply to each one of us, but each one of us also has a different library of personal experiences. Although it is important to understand what the basic universal dream themes usually indicate, it is more important to stay true to what we are feeling as we review and journal the dream.

Take flying dreams dreams for example. Flying is a metaphor for freedom and is usually positive and joyful. It suggests ideas such as "I am free, "my possibilities are unlimited," or "I can transcend my difficulties." As always, it should be taken in context with the emotion, action, and setting of the dream and always asking questions such as; "Am I feeling euphoric" or "am I feeling the need to escape a situation in my life?"

 

Dreams do not come to tell us something we already know, they come to tell us something new.   Dreams come in the interest of health and wholeness, in other words, it is never "just a dream." Our dreams reflect our life changes and help us determine what is just right fort us so we can make better decisions. They underscore the mental and emotional shifts we experience in our daily lives.

Although we all travel our individual paths alone, it is somehow comforting to know that others all over the globe and throughout history have experienced their own versions of these universal themes just as we are experiencing ours.

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