*White - Success, awakening of spirituality, higher self learning.
*Dark Purple - Success in social affairs, psychic ability, clarity.
*Lavender - Temporary unhappiness or dissapointment.
*Blue - Freedom from worry, help from others.
*Green - Travel or news, knowledge, understanding, learning, peace.
*Pink - Success, softness, flowing love, lack of fear.
*Yellow - Setback or struggle, and happiness or new beginnings.
*Orange - Increased awareness, an urge to hurry or delay.
*Red - Rage, anxiety, increased self-esteem, warning, controlling.
*Brown - Luck with money, abundance, fullness or confusion.
*Black - Trouble or difficulties.
*Multicolored - Increased sense of security.

Remember, this is a guideline. As in life and regards to our circumstances, "everythng is relative" ~one thing can only be looked at in relationship to something else. Several of the colors have dual meanings which makes the interpretation even more subjective. It is always a good idea to look at ideas or concepts in pairs. In the way they may relate or not, to one another. Keep an open mind. An open mind allows ideas and images to soar with freedom and may increase our understanding that much more!

In any particular culture, the meaning of dreams can vary in their vision and interpretation. One book, "Oneirocritia", was written by Artemidorus- a Roman philosopher in the 2nd century A.D., has served as the foundation of many other dream interpretation books.

Archtypes such as falling, flying, colors and numbers all take on a universal meaning, as well as, specific significance to cultures and the individual dreamer.

With the advancement of science in the 1950's, many studies and theories were summarized on the physiological aspect of dreams. The discoveries of REM (rapid eye movement) and NREM (non rapid eye movement), which are the brain's electrical activities during sleep, became apparent.

REM cycles four to five times a night during sleep and lasts less than 30 minutes per cycle for the first cycle but increases in length as each cycle progresses. This is the period when dreams occur. The other sleep cycles are spent in NREM sleep without dreaming.

Through extensive research, it was also discovered that birds and nearly all mammals, including newborn babies, experience REM sleep. People with emotional disturbances, those who have suffered trauma, and highly stressed individuals, seem to increase their dream time.

In recent studies, the brain stem, the portion of the brain at the base of the skull, is the originator of electrical impulses in which, dreams are the result. The brain stem makes contact with the other portions of the brain that control hearing, movement, vision and memory. Several studies have implicated that the limbic portion of the brain, which activates our emotions, may also receive impulses from the brain stem. The brain stem contains cells that turn REM sleep on and off. These studies have been based on the use of Positron Emission Tomography (PET scans) of the brain.

Considering the brain as the main sorter of information, it tries taking random information from both our conscious and subconscious levels and attempts to impose patterns on the unpatterned stimuli.

"Making order out of chaos is a highly innate behavior" says Martin Seligman, professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. "Humans are creatures of order".

Dream analysist and scientist, Allan Hobson, along with a large number of the population, believe that dreams do, in fact, "have meaning and reveal truths about ourselves".

The left brain, which controls the right side of the body, perceives the world through the language of deductive reasoning and logic. Analyzing all things in a linear sequence of cause and effect. The left brain is responsible for speech, writing understanding mathematics, numbers and language. The left brain reacts as though it knows we are thinking, therefore, taking on the role of our conscious thought.

The right brain, which controls the left side of the body, perceives the world as the big picture. The overall aesthetics, our creativity, metaphorical language and the way we register symbols is the job of the right brain. The right brain seems to take on the role of our unconscious thought. Dreams, which are symbolic in nature, are created using the symbolic side of the right brain. But, it is the left brain that seems to interpret these symbols of our dreams in an analytical sense.

Often times, right brain oriented symbols in our dreams, from this unconscious thought region, are called "thoughts from our higher self." Learning to pay attention to these symbols and interpreting them on a conscious level, can be the first step in getting in touch with our higher selves. By applying the symbolic language of dream interpretation to our everyday lives, we maybe able to see further into the connection between these dreams and seemingly random events.

By connecting these seemingly random events between the conscious body and the subconscious mind, we can see how happenings that seem accidental, maybe symbolic messages from our higher selves. This connection between meaningful coincidence was noted by psychiatrist, Carl Jung, which he called "synchronicity".

**Reference Materials from Peaceful Mind