Dreamscapes

Dreams can be really weird sometimes. At times, dreams are ordinary and believable, sometimes they are completely out of this world. There's this theory that dreams are manifestations of one's subconscious thought, and yeah, some of my dreams do seem to reveal my hidden desires, but some of the dreams I have come out of left field. They don't make any sense at all.

I have always been fascinated with dreams. Way back in college, I even did a research paper on the subject--- but I didn't really get any definite answers. The general consensus seems to be that dreams are manifestations of the unconscious. But that conclusion leads to even more questions, and to many, even doubt. Take this weird dream I had last night:

From what I can remember, it started with me flying through space, but I somehow ended up in an igloo on top of Mt. Everest. Some of my friends and relatives were there, along with a few strangers. It was a rest house of sorts. One of my cousins was skateboarding on the icy ground, he couldn't stop and subsequently fell off a ledge. Then somehow, the place was a became an icy movie theater, i was in a balcony, looking down at the audience below... and there was an event: it was a movie premier. Then the screening had to stop because the stars of the movie have arrived. They apologized for being late, because there was a storm outside. Then the movie started playing from the beginning again. Then my mother was coming up from the ladder along with my aunts, and they were all wet because of the storm. Then I told them I had to go down to get something important. She told me to be careful, the path is slippery. As soon as I got off the ladder, I was no longer in Mt. Everest, I was in some weird town. I sat on the wet ground, and suddenly a truck passed by, which almost ran over me if I hadn't moved quickly. Then suddenly I was in some living room. I was seated on the floor, then a huge dog was all over me. i thought it was going to bite me, but it only sniffed me all over. It then said something, then proceeded to suck my balls.

I'm not kidding.

Just to make things clear, there's no way I'm having thoughts like that, even subconsciously, and never in my wildest, most horribly nauseating fantasies do i even wish for some dog to suck on my balls. Symbolism perhaps? If things in our dreams are symbols, what could they mean? On a scientific perspective, the subconscious theory seems more plausible, along with conscious thoughts, things that we are preoccupied with, manifesting themselves even in our sleep. But I don't really think my conscious nor my subconscious thoughts could be related to that dream i just had. Are dreams merely random images? Do they make sense at all? Are we putting too much thought into nothing? Seeing that there are no definite answers, dreams remain to be in the realm of mysteries for now, and would therefore pique our curiosities indefinitely.