Have you ever felt as if you were falling down an endless hole and suddenly awake to realise that you were dreaming? This is one of the most common dreams that people have been experiencing ever since dreams were first studied. Dreams are simply an illustration of the body and mind in relation to our environmental state of being. Since our brains are always functioning, we encounter different states of consciousness, which leads to various activities throughout the mind. The source of dreams is our imagination and memory; without these key factors, dreaming would be nothing.
             Since our minds never sleep, we encounter many different forms of awareness. With many different forms of consciousness, it is possible to say that our dream activity in our mind is constant. The stage of sleep that is known to cause dreams is the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) stage. During the REM stage, your eyes move around as if you were completely awake. Children experience REM more often than adults because it assists in the development of the brain. "When a baby is born, many connections between neurones in the brain aren't there yet," says Jayne Gackenbach, a dream researcher from Canada. During a dream, REM can make you believe that you are falling or running; but everything throughout your body is paralysed except your eyes, lungs, and heart. Since your brain desensitises most of your body, REM allows you to move in your dreams; meanwhile, you are lying completely still (Kerns 1).
             Analysing a dream sounds complicated, but it is a very easy thing to master. In dream analysis, the first thing you must do is place a pen and paper next to your bed and record any dream activity. Once you have your dreams written down, identify the basic theme or concept of your dream. The theme establishes the entire tone, so you need to understand its importance to the dreaming process. To find the theme, you must be able to look at the dream as a whole. The...