Random Thought #31

I've always wondered how dreams come into being. It must start from thoughts or feelings that exist in our sub-conscious so, in a way, I think our dreams are related to our thoughts and feelings. I don't believe in dream interpreters or anything (unless they have mad skills and some revelatory help...like Daniel; check out Daniel Ch.4) but I do think they are related to what is on our mind. I think they are representations of our thoughts/desires and we should consider what they mean. I'm reading a document now that explains what the various pieces of the Facsimiles in the Book of Abraham really mean or what they represent and it makes much more sense. This is where modern science and in this specific case, Egyptologists, get it wrong. We cannot take things at face value. We must understand things from the perspective of the ones who authored the content and also their surroundings. We must literally put ourselves in that person's position, not just in terms of perspective, but in terms of environment, time, cultural normals, etc. One thing that dreams and ancient documents have in common are the fact that we can't ever really reproduce them in their original state, but we do have them in some form or fashion and they are for our benefit. We would be wise to understand their content.