In 1993 I read the book “Real Magic” by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. He advised that you should “listen” to your dreams as they sometimes reveal ideas that can be directions to better things in your life. I wanted to find out how this worked, so I started paying more attention to my dreams. Often they are vivid and detailed dreams about many different things and in varying settings. One night I dreamed about a process for fabricating with light weight fiberglass. In light of the morning and from my experience with this years ago I see some “holes” that the dream glossed over but it was still interesting, and had lots of details about the process.
Since paying more attention, I regularly dream vividly and interact with people I know or may have heard about. Recently I was giving a talk before a comedy club audience and I fashioned the talk in a half-awake, half-asleep state. It was amusing to do this, but I doubt there was a message or a value. Often I dream about playing golf with a friend of long ago. I would think in my dreams I would be playing better golf but it never works that way. Other dreams concern my interacting in a business environment. I am trying to solve their problems. Often this is agonizing but I don’t wake up tired from this effort. Occasionally a dream is interrupted by a trip to the bathroom but it is resumed as soon as I go back to sleep. The next morning I remember this happening. Sometimes my dream puts me in a business situation where I am calling on a customer. Suddenly I am working in that company and talking to the same person as an equal. Dreams can be strange.
I have never found real value in these dreams but many are interesting. Occasionally there is something to think about that does cause me to reflect on the meaning after I wake. We know that God has revealed many thing to people in dreams. So far though, I get far more direction from prayer or the Bible than from any dream. Often our Lord gives me a signal that something I have said or read is important. I have acted on or prayed about a number of these signals.