Life is like a dream: represented by the famous dream butterfly story of Zhuang Zhou. This dream is very simple. Zhuang Zhou dreamed that he was a butterfly. When he woke up, he asked a difficult philosophical question: "Did Zhuang Zhou dream that he had become a butterfly, or did the butterfly dream that he had become Zhuang Zhou?" From the phenomenological point of view, we really can't tell which of these two hypotheses is true and which is false.
What is a dream? Before psychoanalytic theory appeared, the scientific community denied that dreams had any meaning. Of course, the scientific community at that time had an explanation for dreams-it had an explanation for everything. Science is to nature. A systematic interpretation of human and social activities inevitably leaves a blank-the past understanding was that "dreams are irregular activities of brain nerve cells." When people sleep, most nerve cells are inactive and in a state of inhibition, while a few nerve cells are not inhibited and conduct irregular activities. This is a dream. So dreams are meaningless. This is the graffiti of the brain. If you dream of being chased by a dog, it's not interesting. "
Psychoanalysis theory puts forward a new view on dreams, which has been confirmed to some extent by the successful practice of dream interpretation. Psychoanalysis theory points out that there is another hidden meaning under the absurd and meaningless surface of dreams.
So Duke Zhou may not be scientific, but he is not superstitious.
Psychological dream interpretation
Some personalities are conscious, such as my brother's dream, which symbolizes my rational personality subject. Some personalities are subconscious, such as grandma's dream symbolizing narcissistic personality. Without the hint of dreams, it is difficult for me to realize my selfish and narcissistic behavior, so it is difficult to correct such immature behavior. Having a dream reminder is like installing a selfish alarm for yourself. Once there is childish and selfish behavior, the alarm will sound. After hearing the alarm, you can correct your mentality in time and "catch narcissistic personality"!
For human beings, the mind and the right brain use image language, while the rational and left brain use abstract languages such as words and mathematics. Both languages are symbolic tools to convey information and communicate feelings. The difference is that image language is a continuous symbol, which has the characteristics of curve, unity, vividness and softness, fuzziness, infinite variability and universality. Abstract language is a discrete symbol. The characteristics of discrete symbols are just the opposite of continuous symbols, which are straight lines and sharp corners, separated, rigid, clear, limited and special. Image language is fundamental and innate; Abstract language is derived and learned. If we want to live in human society, these two languages are indispensable.