tl;dr: Dream logs are an awesome way to get to know yourself, everone should keep one; those that already do should share.

A while back I started keeping a dream log as a means of self exploration and development, and the insights I've gained about myself, and of other people are really very astounding and profound. This is probably a concept that many understand, but few have wrapped their minds around, but dreams are a gateway into your innermost psyche -- they are a glimpse into your naked self with all filters removed.

I've gotten others around me to start keeping dream logs as well, and I've found that in EVERY case, without exception, people's dreams always have common themes that directly relate to what they experience in their waking life. For instance, I have a friend who is struggling with insecurity, and feels judged -- so this friend has dreams fitting of the theme of hiding, or feeling naked, or exposed.

Anyway, from personal experience I find that as you keep a dream log, your dreams will become more and more vivid and memorable and will expose deeper and deeper levels of your innermost self as you pay attention to them. You will learn your strengths and your weaknesses, as well as where you are heading in life, and any other amount of profound insight into yourself that you may expect to find.

I'm sure that many here have already realized the benefits of dream logs, so feel free to share your experiences and encourage others to dive into their own dreams, as well as post some snippets from your logs and maybe explain what that says about you so others have an idea of what a dream log is like, and what the purpose of one is.

Could you tell us what a dream log is exactly, like a dream diary?

Although I'm not entirely convinced that they invariably express something of our desires and mentality, I do love dreams and I have kept a dream log in the past. It's true that you start to get a better recall of your dreams, the more you get into the habbit of thinking upon them (and preferably writing them down) as soon as you wake up.


ps what does this have to do with drugs?

Quote from: BlueZombieClock;1397491Could you tell us what a dream log is exactly, like a dream diary?

Oh right, sorry. Yeah, that is one way of looking at it. It is more of a documentation of your dreams. For instance, you wake up after having a dream, you go straight to your dream log and write down anything and everything you can remember. It can be as fuzzy or detailed as you need/want it to be -- just write whatever you can remember and over time you will remember more and more as you train your brain to remember your dreams and allow them to be more vivid.

Other than that it can be whatever you want -- you can include analysis, you can include how this relates to your waking life, how others have pointed certain things out to you that relate to what the dream is telling you, whatever. I myself keep mine simple and just write down my dreams, including all details I can remember, and I don't include analysis in the log, but you can if you want.

Quote from: LeekClock;1397492ps what does this have to do with drugs?

It's the third eye forum -- seems to me that there is room for spiritual discussion here as well, no? The two interweave in a lot of ways, and this would have been awkward in say, general, and completely non-sensical in say music :P

I think it's more appropriate in General Discussion.

Quote from: LeekClock;1397496I think it's more appropriate in General Discussion.

It's your call ;D

I had a dream in which I was Batman, And I had to kill the JL. I killed Superman by kicking him through a Kryptonite window. In The JL Headquters. WTF?

Like Leek said, dreams aren't always profound and meaningful -- there are varying levels -- you may have an "epic dream" that you wake up from with a profound sense of insight and wisdom, a dream that you may remember for the rest of your life, or it may just be something completely silly or reflecting of what you were watching on tv the night before.

It is mostly up to you to find meaning in you dreams. Try a dream dictionary to help you get started -- they aren't perfect by any means, but they are a starting point -- something like the wikipedia of the dream world.

I had a dream once...

I was next to a hill. It was unrealistically concave. To my left, lots of people were attempting to run up the hill, all falling on their asses. To my right, a train was going up the hill with no trouble. I look back to my left, and make eye contact with this guy who I saw trying to run up the hill earlier. We stare at each other for a few minutes, and without transition, I find us holding hands running up the hill. Surprisingly, it works. I guess all it required was a little teamwork Anyway, we make it up the hill, and the guy dissapears in a puff of smoke. I look around and see a desk. I look at the desk, and I find a Snickers candy bar. I have a sudden flashback to a black guy in a maintenance uniform (racism not intended) laughing at me and saying nobody would remember me or what I did. Then he gave me a Snickers.

I immediately forgave him.

My dreams don't seem to be a view of my own psyche as much as it seems to prevent my brain from getting bored.

Lesse, here are some excepts from this beat up spiral notebook:

evil space clowns attack a freighter through a subspace warp tunnel,

A Battlebots championship match being disrupted by the Energizer bunny

Entering a cheat in a COD4-esque game causes endless spawning invincible enemies, while blank-eyed faces pop onto the screen and start screaming their heads off, and then the system crashes.

A teeny-tiny spy car races through a tunnel as part of a racing game, where Strong Bad looks for people in the sewers.

Some kids playing DDR with trumpets while arranging their desks.

Being hunted by some strange entity while the main hero spews something about "life is constantly changin and growing" against an enemy who wants to "preserve life" by keeping things as they are forever, including imprisoning man and subjugating him to monotony for the rest of eternity.


Aliens attack the earth, survivors climb out and get a view of the alien. Then a housemaid beats it to a pulp with her bare hands.

A cartoon about death accidentilly wreaking havoc with a rake, with no blood. He points out someone who has a dim view of humans.
Death: "They're selfish, sneaky, and psychotic."
Kid: "Uh-huh!"
Death: "Give this kid a knife. I'll teach you how insanity feels."

A human editor based off of spore creature creator.

Chiseled boobs

Pyros + dog vomiting eggs

Don't touch my fucking muffin

Rockband goes out to fight aliens!

Fooling a motion-tracking turret tank, then turns into a race against time as Batman tries to stop the underground complex from launching a missile- he succeeds by tipping over the launch gantry.

An abusive husband tries to take back ex-wife, is stopped by a baby-on-board sign to the head.

and lots, lots more stuff, dating back to November 07. My mind seems to be really twisted.

Think of it this way. If you are without "religion" and therefore invest your time into things like video games, movies, internet, or some other activity, then those other things will be like your "religion." The themes in your dreams will therefore be guided by what you invest the most time into and will relate to those instead of what might be profound for others. That is why, in the end, YOU are the only one who can really interpret your own dreams, because they function on such a personal level. This is also partially why it doesn't matter what religion you are, or even if you have one.

For example, a battle of good vs evil may not manifest in the form of angels versus devils if you are not a religious person, it may manifest as Master Chief vs. Ganondwarf

On that note, you may also be able to get help from others similar to you with interpreting your dreams, like your videogame or internet pals. Which is why things like church gathering and group worship can tend to be most beneficial in daily and inner life by sharing personal stories and interpretations.

Last night I had a dream that I was spiderman and I was seriously injured so they wanted to clone me to take organs and tissue and stuff from the clone. But my doctor was Aunt May and I was afraid that if she clones me she would find out that I was spiderman. So I ran away from the hospital and went looking for my new house that my wife bought me. But I got lost in downtown seattle and found a totally awesome college community sale on the top floor of the college building. I found Super Mario RPG (in a n64 cartridge for some reason) and some other game I forget for $5 each. I thought this was a totally awesome deal and this was the best day ever.

Then I woke up.

All in all this was my most awesome dream ever.

One of my friends once described a dream to me.
He was way back in the founding days of Canada. A bunch of Spanish Banditos were hasing after him, so he hid behind a log with a bunch of Natives. He then walked up to a tree, opened a door in the tree and walked in. The tree opened up to a park, and there was a giant Mr. Potato Head. The Natives came in and started attacking the Potato head.


On another note, I recently had a dream that involved pizza, Rorschach from Watchmen and a Dinosuar. I do not with to go any further with it, as it soon got indescrebable.

Have any off you dreamt that it was raining high-end computers, copies of Crysis and Raptors, like the ones in Turok?

also if you're seriously going to use dream logs to "get to know yourself" I can help you skip some effort and tell you right now that you're a hippy fuck that likes to fool himself into believing things mean a lot more than they really do.

Quote from: THORCLOCKTHORCLOCKTHORCLO;1397547also if you're seriously going to use dream logs to "get to know yourself" I can help you skip some effort and tell you right now that you're a hippy fuck that likes to fool himself into believing things mean a lot more than they really do.

<3 that's one way of looking at things, if you are into science for instance, then use science as your religion and find your answers that way.

Quote from: CubeMelonClock;1397549science as your religion

You're saying to use a rational system of understanding the universe as an irrational system for understanding the universe?

Quote from: THORCLOCKTHORCLOCKTHORCLO;1397550The two aren't even comparable.

Let me ask you.
Do you hate it when a christian forces their beliefs down your throat and tell you that you will go to hell if you don't repent?

Well, how do you believe a christian would feel if you shoved your ideas down their throat and told them that they are idiots and wasting their time?

You are no different.

Mmmm, Science. I dreamt about microscopes once. They were just sitting there. On a desk. In a church. Then the church exploded, and I rode into the ruins on a Raptor.

I wish I had dreams more often.