I have always had vivid dreams. Many I can understand as they relate to what I  have read about in my waking life or something that is troubling at a certain point of time.

So some dreams are long and almost storylike yet have no emotions involved. While some are short and have lot of emotions attached like fear,hapinesss etc . Many have relatives involved.

But there are some dreams that are not at all corelated. Like certain images as a flash or something that I am not aware about or totally dont understand.Like yesterday I had a flash of image of a finger pointing on the inside of the lower leg...something like acupressure.

How does one differentiate      

TIA !

Those dreams which appear to have no relationship to events or memories from our waking life are filled with unconscious symbols, which represent something else often very different from what they may first seem to be.

It is thought that those happenings from our waking existence which we are either currently unable or unwilling to accept or deal with are presented dressed up to us in the form of dreams, as a series of highly interwoven stories which are often a complex mixture of both these symbols, as well as real life events.

What makes interpreting another person's dream difficult is that what a particular symbol may mean to their dreaming mind could in practice be very different from what it means to your own, or indeed to anybody else's.

Honestly I see little useful purpose served in you attempting to differentiate one type of dream from another, as by doing this you are using the left, logical, linear side of your brain, while the true art of dream interpretation comes from using the intuitive, holistic right side.

Some of our dreams are much like the soap operas on TV, in that they are long drawn out melodramas which tend to exaggerate and over dramatise things in order to get our attention.

Dream researchers even talk about each of us possessing our own inner dream narrator, which seems to act like a producer, director and writer all rolled into one.

Most dreams (but certainly not all of them)  contain important messages for us and if we are willing to patiently look hard and long enough for them, then they can be used to help us to better understand ourselves and to grow more fully as both a spiritual and human being.

Those coming from the deeper layers of the unconscious are often unusually vivid in both their content as well as the colours in which the images are drawn.

These dreams are especially instructive as they are thought to come from areas close to our core or Higher selves, and may offer us valuable clues to our main purpose (s) and reason (s) for being alive at this time in our planet's history - our so called life path or mission.

I see my role as a dream interpreter on this forum to mainly be to provide the person who comes asking for assistance with extra insights which he or she may not have previously thought of by themselves.

It is not my purpose to tell anybody what their dream must mean (simply because I said so). In the end we are each the best possible interpreters of our own dreams (because they are produced by our own unconscious minds and are written in it's almost unique language), but other people can and do help to make the translation process considerably easier and quicker for us than it might have been otherwise.

Personally I have discovered that the respective processes of giving a reading and doing a dream interpretation are so similar in many respects that they tend to overlap each other, and I often have difficulty knowing which one I am doing at the time.

Hoping this helps,

eye_of_tiger

Why analyse what exact type of dream it was anyway?

I thought about that too, EOT. Why analyse?

I guess maybe certain dreams make you wonder because they are an amalgamation of real life incidents along with certain symbols/colours which actually have no connection or relation but weaved with a story that have family and friends.
On some occasions I have called up those relatives to know they are fine ( phew ! )

More so the need to understand because these new flash dreams...that just seem really short..like an image.... Then one wonders is it the mind that is hoping for something ( affirmations) or are indications of something or are actually nothing.

I appreciate your quick help and do understand that every dream would be unique to the dreamer. I guess my inner dream narrator is really a creative one ....I think I will be patient and wait for it to unfold !

Thank you so much EOT !

Regards

Soulsearch

On the question of why analyse, my dreams are a 'window' into my unconscious self, a side of me that until recently I was not even aware really existed.  I have learnt powerful lessons, some tough to take on board, others inspirational... and I haven't been interpreting my dreams for all that long.  It is for me the best source of guidance for how my life is unfolding.  It is always honest, sometimes brutally so, but it can also sometimes be a real challenge to decipher.  Not only does it give me this advice, but it also causes me to put more thought into my everyday actions, inspiring me to become a better person (though to be honest I already was pretty awesome :p).

Sweet dreams,
Rook

Yes Rook, I do agree it being a challenge to decipher.
Like today early morning I just had a flash dream about my favorite house in the city that I used to live. The house was favorite because of many reasons- proximity to hometown, safe and good life for children wrt to schools and their developments and for the past few months, we ( my husband and I ) really feel like relocating back.

So today I dreamt that we were back in that house and there was sheer happiness that I felt in the dream. Now makes me wonder is it the affirmation working
Luckily the dreams have been gentle, nothing upsetting but some are totally abstract and symbolic.

I could write a book on them... I guess the inner dream narrator works faster than the internal interpretator ...still learning/deciphering ....

Thank you for your response and Sweet dreams to you too !