We all dream of better future,contentment, happiness,peace,success & so on ! Many are chastised for daydreaming !
Why do we dream ? There are no definitive answers as yet.Many scientists ,philosophers & even religions have debated the purpose of dreams & answers are still being sought.
We often dream during sleep ...during the Rapid Eye Movement Stage ( REM ) of sleep.We tend to forget many of the dreams .We do recall some of them.All can dream,even if their sight is wanting .Also,in case of those who are visually impaired,dreams are a reality.Dreams will be vivid or hazy.This is so, even if ,carrots are skipped or a part of meals !
Many important discoveries were discovered in dreams.The most significant example of this is Kekule dreamt about the tetravalent nature of carbon.Paul McCartney has admitted that he dreamt about the tune of the famous Beatles song "Yesterday " before it became a reality ! President Abraham Lincoln dreamt about his assasination.Even our own mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan had dreams that led to deep insights ,theories & discoveries in Mathematics which continue to have world wide acceptance !
Hence,dreaming is essential ! As Kekule said "Let us learn to dream."
This is the fourth post in the A to Z Blogging Challenge 2014.
Sharing blog posts of two of my fellow bloggers :
Dagny Sol
Sundari Venkatraman
Why do we dream ? There are no definitive answers as yet.Many scientists ,philosophers & even religions have debated the purpose of dreams & answers are still being sought.
We often dream during sleep ...during the Rapid Eye Movement Stage ( REM ) of sleep.We tend to forget many of the dreams .We do recall some of them.All can dream,even if their sight is wanting .Also,in case of those who are visually impaired,dreams are a reality.Dreams will be vivid or hazy.This is so, even if ,carrots are skipped or a part of meals !
Many important discoveries were discovered in dreams.The most significant example of this is Kekule dreamt about the tetravalent nature of carbon.Paul McCartney has admitted that he dreamt about the tune of the famous Beatles song "Yesterday " before it became a reality ! President Abraham Lincoln dreamt about his assasination.Even our own mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan had dreams that led to deep insights ,theories & discoveries in Mathematics which continue to have world wide acceptance !
Hence,dreaming is essential ! As Kekule said "Let us learn to dream."
This is the fourth post in the A to Z Blogging Challenge 2014.
Sharing blog posts of two of my fellow bloggers :
Dagny Sol
Sundari Venkatraman
17 comments:
the technical side of dreams eh? :) nice one. I knew of the Beatles part before but the rest was new news to me. TY :)
Sweet dreams are made of these! :)I wasn't aware of of some of the factoids you mentioned. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you both, Leo & Prathima Rao for stopping by !
There are so many things I did not about dreams. Thanks.
Loved this one about dreams...I knew about Beatles and Lincoln ...didn't know about Ramanuja...
Random Thoughts Naba
Loved this one about dreams...I knew about Beatles and Lincoln ...didn't know about Ramanuja...
Random Thoughts Naba
Thank you both Janaki & Nabanita for your kind words !
I believe that the spirit world communicates with us through dreams because that is when we are most receptive to their vibration. That's why great discoveries and premonitions are made through dreams.
Thank you ,Suzy for your insight ! What you said, must be true.
Dreaming is essential but I day dream too which is not that needed ;) :D
good one vasudha
and ya I didnt know abt the Kekule and lincoln and all those personalities actually dreaming
Day dreaming is quite harmless & puts us in a positive frame of mind.
Thank you,Afshan for your generous comments.
aww what an insight about dreaming...I hope someday I dream it to become a billionaire :D
Lovely post Vasudha. The power of Dreams.. is such a vast topic. Scientefically as well as in a spiritual level. You have brought out so many things which I did not know existed.. thank you for that :)
Lot of posts about Dreams today but yours is very scientific!
That's pretty neat they dreamed the bits before reality. Alas...my dreams are not quite so productive. lol
Happy A to Z-ing!
~Anna
herding cats & burning soup.
Thank you so much for sharing, I wish you sweet dreams. Nice to connect and follow on http://aimingforapublishingdeal.blogspot.co.uk/
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