TED AFYON COLLEGE / 12-D
Dreams : Reality or Fiction ?
Akifenur KIRKER
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Dreams are stories fictionalized by our brains that we do not design . Also , these might be connected to our subconscious . Well , if this is so , could our dreams only be made up of fiction or , are these shaped by what we go through ? These seem like brainteaser questions . For this reason , dreams are one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of science .
When we have a look at the history of people dealing with what dreams are , we see that Mesopotamian kings recorded and interpreted their dreams on wax tablets in the third millennium BCE . A thousand years later , Ancient Egyptians wrote a dream book . Therefore , we can say that studies about dreams have a long history . Despite all those studies , we still haven ’ t found satisfactory answers about dreams .
Many people believe that dreams have implications not only about the future but the present as well . There are many theories about this , such as John Dunne theory . This theory was formulated by John William Dunne ( 1875-1949 ). He was a British soldier and a philosopher . Moreover , he drew the plans of Britain ’ s first military plane . As a matter of fact , if he hadn ’ t seen the plan of the military plane in his dreams , he might not have drawn it . Indeed , he implemented the plan of the military plane that he had envisioned in his dream . J . W . Dunne believed that dreams reflect reality . This issue has been researched extensively , and almost all the studies suggest that it is possible to see the future through dreams . One should not , however , take all the things in your dreams literally in your life . This can lead to very bizarre and dangerous consequences .
There are also some prophecies associated with dreams . To illustrate , throughout the year 2020 , we all had troubled times such as fires , epidemics , earthquakes and as you may know there were people who predicted this like a shaman who had dreams showing that the bird flu and swine flu would be nothing compared to the epidemic to be experienced and the world would cope with great economic troubles . Although these are actually very odd events , it seems like we can ’ t understand this until the mystery about dreams is solved .
As a conclusion , I want to quote a saying from “ Walking Life ”, which is my favorite movie : “ Most people are either sleep walking through their walking life or wake walking through their sleeping life , either way they ’ re not getting much out of it .