Carl Jung said that all his greatest ideas were conceived in dreams. Dreams have the capacity to break us free from a worldview that is too constricting and from a day-to-day existence that is too mundane. Big dreams are highly significant dreams that are often remembered for a lifetime, some even prove to be among the most valuable experiences of life. In ancient times, such dreams are regarded as messages from the gods or ancestral figures.
“We also live in our dreams, we do not live only by day. Sometimes we accomplish our greatest deeds in dreams.” Carl Jung, The Red Book Are dreams the product of random brain activity, or a side effect of the mind consolidating its memories? Are they, as Sigmund Freud suggested, the expression of repressed wishes […]
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