Are you a dreamer? Whether you call yorself a dreamer or not, experts say that everyone has several dreams every night. Only those dreams that occur right when you wake up, you are likely to recall. Many are just forgotten. Do you know that how you remember your dreams depends upon your health, your personality, your motivation,new skills, and the part of the world you live in.

I know some people that learned to use their dreams to solve problems, stimulate creativity and desire to be better, and improve their relationships. Other people often ignore and forget about their dreams. Either way, the dreams will come every night for a couple of hours to help you store your memories, sort your feelings, new skills you acquired during day, and to rest your brain.

“Dreams are illustrations from the book you soul is writing about you,” said Marsha Norman, an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist, who received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Night, Mother. The dreams have sparked many genius ideas of the world’s most famous and talented people that later were transferred into the timeless books, music, art masterpieces, brilliant innovations, scientific discoveries and positive actions.

Listen now to Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata.” Don’t you think this chef d’oeuvre was written by him because of his pleasant dream? You bet, it came to him from one of his dreams. Beethoven was at this time in love with Giulietta Guiccicardi and dedicated his Sonata No.14, known as “Moonlight Sonata.” Their love relationship came to the end because she chose Count Wenzel von Gallenberg, himself an amateur composer. Their marriage was unhappy, but Beethoven never wanted to unite with her again and forgive her betrayal.

However, this the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time gave to the world his talent and one of the best musical compositions, the unforgettable “Moonlight Sonata.” You can listen to it in the morning when you wake up, and in the midlle of a day when you feel upset or unhappy, experience loss of energy, or when you are struggling with problems or disease. You can listen to the “Moonlight Sonata” in the evening before you go to sleep. It’ll calm you down, enchance peace in your soul, and give you a sound sleep. You never get tired of this Beethoven’s timeless masterpiece.

Do you know that Socrates studied music, and the arts because of his insistent dream? Experts say that if you were forced to go without your dreams for more than just a few days, you would become irritable and confused, and you might even hallucinate.

“They tease me now, telling me it was only a dream. But does it matter whether it was a dream or reality, if the dream made known to me the truth?” –Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881), a Russian writer, essayist and philosopher, known for his novels Crime and Punishment, the Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov.

Read our next post about how the dreams can play a major role and inspire different religions, have the power to make heroes, motivate scientific discovery, spark literary and musical genius, and forever change the course of history.

References: The Little Black Book of Dreams: The Essential Guide to Dream Interpretation by Nannette Stone, Peter Pauper Press, Inc., New York, , 2006;
Mama’s Home Remedies: Discover Time-Tested Secrets of Good Health and the Pleasures of Natural Living by Svetlana Konnikova, MA, AN, Aurora Publishers, Inc., 2008.