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NREM-sleep
Dreams occurring during non-REM periods are said to happen during NREM-
sleep. Dreams during non-REM sleep are usually more “colorless” in comparison.
Sleep researchers divide up sleep time into stages, usually by seeing the brain
waves into an electroencephalograph (EEG). The EEG records electrical
activity in the brain by connecting some electrodes to the scalp.
Typically, a person will have four or five REM periods a night, each one
lasting from 5 to 45 minutes. There is some evidence, however, that REM-
sleep happens before dreaming and that these two are completely different
from each other.
An EEG showing
brainwaves during
REM sleep
When a person is in deep sleep
there is no dreaming and the waves
(called delta waves) come at a high
vibration about 3 per second.
The REM-dream state is a neurologically and physiologically active state. In this
state the waves come at a rate of about 60-70 per second and the brain generates
about five times as much electricity as when awake. Blood pressure, heart rate,
breathing rate, etc. can change dramatically during REM-sleep. Since there is
generally no external physical cause of these states, the stimuli must be internal, i.e.,
in the brain, or external and non-physical.
Brain stem mechanisms protect us during sleep from activities that could have as
a result self-injury or injury to others. That is, most of us are paralyzed during sleep.
However, some people suffer from sleep disorders where those activities are not
prevented. People who suffer from this disorder flail, sleepwalk, etc., and can be a
danger to themselves or others. Such people often leave their beds during sleep.
Another curious quality of brain activity during dreaming is that almost all
dreams are forgotten. We call this dream amnesia. This is not due to anything
paranormal or supernatural, but to weak encoding.
Perhaps the most curious quality of dreams is that we most of the time are not
aware that we are dreaming while we are dreaming. This may account for time
distortion, lack of reflection on one's plight, and the amnesia that often follows
waking.
Nowadays, hardly anyone believes that dreams are messages from the
gods. But some parapsychologists, believe that dreams offer an opening
to another universe.
Lucid dreaming has been researched scientifically, and its existence is well
established. Allan Hobson, with his neurophysiological approach, has helped to
understand the lucid dream into a less complicated way.
The prophetic or clairvoyant dream is perhaps the strongest reason for believing that
dreaming is a gateway to another world. Some dreams seem bizarre. They seem to
foretell events.
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