1. Dreams are the revelation of supernatural forces, which interfere with human life.
In ancient Assyria and Babylon, people thought that dreams were related to the danger of the devil; The ancient Egyptians believed that dreams came from God's warning. Vedas in ancient India believed that dreams linked the current world with other worlds. Although these understandings are caused by the limitation of early human cognitive ability, the spiritual world of human beings has been formed since the birth of human beings. The cognition related to the belief in ghosts and gods constitutes its first symbol, and it still affects the life of modern people on the level of collective unconsciousness, even if you are an atheist. With the development of human culture, people's supernatural power has gained many new symbolic forms (including science worship, UFO, etc.). ), but in essence, they come from human fear and projection of the unknown, as well as the questioning and exploration of their own roots. The most important representatives of supernatural power are God and death.
Second, dreams are the experience of the soul roaming the outside world, corresponding to physical and mental diseases.
In ancient China, our ancestors mainly thought that dreams were the experience of wandering souls and could reach the realm of God. Because it is very consistent with the dreamer's subjective feelings, this concept prevailed in ancient eastern and western civil society. People who wake up in their dreams even have a sense of "danger" that their souls can't go back and need the help of "evocation"; And helping the interrupted dream to complete and understand the symbolic meaning of the dream is called "dream interpretation", from which a career is derived. In order to calm the fear of nightmares, the ancient sages of China carried out the research on the relationship between dreams and diseases according to the concept of the unity of body and mind. There are a lot of conclusions that can stand the test of time in Huangdi Neijing and later famous doctors' writings, and they are still applicable today.
Third, dreams are the manifestation of the submerged content in the mind, which promotes individual development.
Ancient wise men will tell you the secret of past lives and advise you to do good in this life, Xiu De. But the explanation with real therapeutic value is attributed to Freud and Jung's research and discovery in this field, which greatly deepens our understanding of the subconscious. Freud started with the relationship between ego libido [12] impulse and superego depression, and helped people adapt to life smoothly by interpreting dreams. Jung analyzed dreams from the perspective of "the goal of self is to become oneself", that is, self-realization, helping people to see all aspects of personality and their relationships, promoting self-development and creating happiness; Antonio Menegheti helps people to cross the semantic field [13] and break the oblique screen [14] by interpreting dreams, thus making life develop in the direction of [15]. From the perspective of the Book of Changes, the dream is a holographic picture of the soul, which not only expresses the current psychological state and problems, but also contains the context and trend of life potential. Dreams can be used as a mirror to illuminate people's future life path.
4. Dream is the nerve conduction in sleep and a special function of human brain.
The origin of this view can be traced back to Heraclitus in ancient Greece, but the real progress has benefited from the development of modern science and technology. Brain neuroscience provides a scientific basis for human beings to reveal the mysteries of sleep and dreams. Dreams occur in the rapid eye movement stage of sleep, accounting for about 1/4 of all sleep. During this period, the hippocampus of the brain processes and stores memory information and forms dreams at the same time. Therefore, dreaming is regarded by scientists as a means for animals to update their survival strategies and has become a special function of the brain.