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The Function of Dreaming Consciousness

The Function of Dreaming Consciousness

Update: 2023-08-131
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Why do we have dreams and what do they mean?


Some schools of thought attempt to attribute specific meanings and interpretations of dreams, but the Vedic stance is somewhat different. 


The Vedic worldview recognizes seven different states of consciousness, including dreaming, but as Thom explains in this episode, not all dreams are dreams, and none of them require interpretation…


Episode Highlights:

[00:45 ] What Does My Dream Mean?

[02:18 ] One More Possibility Gone

[03:57 ] The Illusion of Dream Duration

[05:53 ] Dreams and Rapid Eye Movement (REM)

[07:23 ] Dreaming in the Waking State

[08:52 ] Dreams as Expressions of Stress Release

[10:39 ] Sigmund Freud's Dream Theory

[12:20 ] Brain's Storytelling Mechanism in Dreams

[13:52 ] A Story Unfolds

[15:15 ] Let It Go

[17:03 ] Release of Stress

[18:41 ] Exploring Turiya: Beyond the Three Relative States

[20:40 ] Lucid Dreaming to Transcendent Experiences

[22:53 ] Nature Does Not Speak in Code


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The Function of Dreaming Consciousness

The Function of Dreaming Consciousness

Thom Knoles