The Profound Impact of Memories in Dreams

Dreams have always captivated humanity, serving as a window into our subconscious. Among the various types of dreams, those where memories influence our present decisions stand out as particularly significant. These dreams are like tapestries woven from the threads of our past, reflecting not only our personal histories but also the emotional weight they carry.

They remind us of who we are and the choices we make today. Often, the memories that surface in dreams help us process unresolved feelings, guiding us toward clarity and understanding in our waking lives. By exploring the interplay between our memories and our present circumstances, we gain insight into our motivations, fears, and desires.

This exploration can lead to personal growth and profound self-discovery. In this article, we will delve into the meanings behind these dreams and how they can illuminate our path forward.

• Dreams can reveal deep insights about how our past influences present choices.
• Memories reflected in dreams may guide us towards personal growth.
• Understanding the emotional weight of memories is key in dream analysis.

Symbols

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  • Donation:

    (Gift; Grant; Present) The gender of a gift one donates in a dream signifies the gender one may receive in wakefulness. A donation in a dream also represents charity, a present or a gift and they all have the same meaning.

  • Receiving:

    (Allot; Distribute; Gift; Offer) Giving something in a dream indicates the value or worth of the giver. If one gives his workers or a needy person little money when they merit more, it denotes his disobedience to the commands of God Almighty, or straying away from the prophetic traditions. If one is denied what he is asking for in a dream, it means failure in his religious practices, suffering from the consequences of challenging others and arguing about religious laws, or it could represent one’s perilous pursuit of heedless thoughts.

    If a sick person sees himself paying his debts in a dream, it means his death or the spoiling of his wealth. If he is healthy, then it denotes a case of mental derangement, anger, lack of self-control or raising one’s voice unnecessarily. If a poor person sees himself paying someone’s debt in a dream, it means that he will receive benefits.

    Receiving monetary compensation by a court order in a dream denotes lawful earnings.

  • Compliments:

    (Compliments; Congratulations) Felicitations in a dream signify condolences. They also mean relief from difficulties or building financial security against poverty.

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  • Seizing:

    (Holding; Seizing) Gripping to somethingby the hand in a dream means buying a new property, renewal of one’s control over something, getting married or begetting a son.

  • Talbiyyah:

    ( arb . Talbiyah ) Responding to a call, or uttering and repeating a formula “Labbaika Allahumma Labbaik,” during the pilgrimage season in a dream means that one will capture his enemy and bring him to justice. Loud answering to a call in a dream means complaining before a judge, and winning the case thereafter.

  • Hold:
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  • Captivated:

    Feeling captivated by something in a dream represents one’s love for money and wanting to amass the wealth of the entire world if he could. If one is fond of his own hair or ties, or if he sees himself as a collector of fine ties in the dream, it means that he is a professional business person who amasses large sums of money.

  • Paintings:

    (Art; Picture; Portrait) In a dream, paintings represent memories, guidance, or advice. Paintings in a dream also denote the passing of time, advancing of years, or the days of one’s life. As for an immigrant, paintings in his dream mean reunion with his family, beloved, or commanding good and forbidding evil.

  • Spikes:

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  • Affectation:

    Witnessing affectation in a dream is a sign of committing a forbidden act or an evil act in wakefulness.

  • State 1:

    (Abode; Changing condition vs. station; Dwellings; Transient)

  • Hold:
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  • Present:

    (Gift; Grant; Present) The gender of a gift one donates in a dream signifies the gender one may receive in wakefulness. A donation in a dream also represents charity, a present or a gift and they all have the same meaning.

  • Grant:

    (Gift; Grant; Present) The gender of a gift one donates in a dream signifies the gender one may receive in wakefulness. A donation in a dream also represents charity, a present or a gift and they all have the same meaning.

  • Donation:

    (Gift; Grant; Present) The gender of a gift one donates in a dream signifies the gender one may receive in wakefulness. A donation in a dream also represents charity, a present or a gift and they all have the same meaning.

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  • Justice scale:
  • Geomancy:

    (Geomancy) Seeing a fortuneteller who practices divination by in¬ terpreting random figures that are formed when a handful of earth is thrown on the ground or one who interprets randomly drawn lines on sand represents a fraudulent and a cunning person, a thief, or such a dream could represent profits from importing goods.

  • Inequitable:

    (Man; Person) Seeing a judge or a governor in a dream means involvement in the judicial business. If one is appointed to be a judge in a dream, it means that he will be just and righteous. If one sees himself sitting on the bench, but finds himself unable to handle people’s cases with justice, it means that he is an unjust person.

    If one presides over people in a dream, it means that he may be dismissed from his job. If a traveller becomes a judge in a dream, it means that he will be held up by robbers, or it could mean that God’s blessings upon him will turn into a curse. If one sees a known judge being unjust in a dream, it means that the people of that locality are inequitable and that they cheat in their weights and measures.

    If one sees himself standing before a judge, and if the judge treats him fairly in the dream, it means that he will find justice concerning a personal case involving himself and an adversary, or it could mean relief from depression and stress. If the judge is inequitable in the dream, it means that one will lose to his adversary. If someone sees a judge holding the scale of justice and that the scale tilts to one’s favor in the dream, it represents DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 235 glad tidings of a great reward from God Almighty for one’s deeds.

    However, if the scale of justice tilts to the opposite direction, then it represents a warning from God Almighty for one to repent of his sins, or abandon his involvement in a sinful ventures. If one sees the judge weighing pennies or bad monies in the scale of justice, it means that one will give a false testimony which will be accepted. If one sees himself as a judge, a wise man, a scholar, or a righteous man in a dream, it means that he will attain fame, good reputation, ascetic detachment and spiritual knowledge if he qualifies for that.

    If one is not suitable for such blessings, then it means that he will be falsely accused of a crime, or that he maybe robbed during a trip. If a judge looks cheerful in a dream, it means glad tidings. Seeing the bench of a judge in a dream means a scare or a fight.

    Seeing the seat of rulers, judges, speakers, scholars, or teachers in a dream means disturbance, sorrow, money, business losses, sickness, depression, or the surfacing of hidden secrets. If a sick person sees himself standing before a judge in a dream, it means his death. However, if the case is decided to his favor in the dream, it means that he will recover from his illness.

    If one who is facing adversities sees himself sitting in the judges bench in a dream, it means that he will triumph. An unknown judge in a dream represents God Almighty. A known judge in a dream represents a physician.

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  • Conifers:

    (Conifers; Pitch) In a dream, resins mean travels.

  • Compromise:
  • Peace:
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  • Chest 1:

    (Chest; Coffer) In a dream, a case represents a wife, a beautiful woman, one’s house or one’s shop. In a dream, a case also represents marriage for an unwed person and prosperity for a poor person. A suitcase in a dream means travels, or it may represent an ambassador.

  • Dishonesty:

    If one receives an advice from his enemy in a dream, it means deception, trickery, cheating, duplicity, stratagem, dishonesty and arrogance.

  • Duplicity:

    If one receives an advice from his enemy in a dream, it means deception, trickery, cheating, duplicity, stratagem, dishonesty and arrogance.

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  • Entice:

    (Incite; Induce; Lure; Research; Urge)

  • Plead:

    (Appeal; Begging; Bequeath; Plead) To solicit the advice of a religious scholar, a learned person, a lawyer, or a judge in a dream means to need them in a conflict. If a rich person asks a poor person for somethingor for a favor in a dream, it means that he could suffer in hell-fire unless he repents from his sins and bigotry. Solomon’s ring: (A gift from God Almighty; Authority) If a ruler or a rich person sees himself wearing Solomon’s ring in a dream, it means that his authority, wealth, lands, travels and all his goals will be successful and grow further.

    If someone invokes spirits for a living, then wearing Solomon’s ring in a dream will make him rich. Seeing or finding Solomon’s ringin a dream also means renewing one’s term of leadership, or a manifestation of a great confounding wonder that will bewilder everyone.

  • Appeal:

    (Appeal; Begging; Bequeath; Plead) To solicit the advice of a religious scholar, a learned person, a lawyer, or a judge in a dream means to need them in a conflict. If a rich person asks a poor person for somethingor for a favor in a dream, it means that he could suffer in hell-fire unless he repents from his sins and bigotry. Solomon’s ring: (A gift from God Almighty; Authority) If a ruler or a rich person sees himself wearing Solomon’s ring in a dream, it means that his authority, wealth, lands, travels and all his goals will be successful and grow further.

    If someone invokes spirits for a living, then wearing Solomon’s ring in a dream will make him rich. Seeing or finding Solomon’s ringin a dream also means renewing one’s term of leadership, or a manifestation of a great confounding wonder that will bewilder everyone.

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  • Outer:

    (Manifest)

  • Inspection of troops:

    (Display; Hearing; Honor guards; Inspection of troops; Military re¬ view; Portrayal; Presentation; Review officer; Show) If one sees himself standing before a high-ranking officer during a ceremony of reviewing the guards of honor or in a military barrack in a dream, and if the officer is displeased with him in the dream, it means that he will commit a major sin. If one thinks that the officer is pleased with him in the dream, then it implies God’s blessings. The high- ranking officer or the review officer in such a dream also represents a com¬ passionate person who cares, and who frequently asks about his friends, helps them solve their problems, and assists them in every possible way.

  • Military review:

    (Display; Hearing; Honor guards; Inspection of troops; Military re¬ view; Portrayal; Presentation; Review officer; Show) If one sees himself standing before a high-ranking officer during a ceremony of reviewing the guards of honor or in a military barrack in a dream, and if the officer is displeased with him in the dream, it means that he will commit a major sin. If one thinks that the officer is pleased with him in the dream, then it implies God’s blessings. The high- ranking officer or the review officer in such a dream also represents a com¬ passionate person who cares, and who frequently asks about his friends, helps them solve their problems, and assists them in every possible way.

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  • Heedful angels:

    (Angels; Spiritual) Representing the heedful angels in charge of guarding the writings of the Preserved Tablets, and the heavenly beings or scribes in charge of recording peoples’ deeds. In a dream, the blessed angels in charge of keeping peoples’ records represent the gnostics, the renowned people of knowledge, religious scholars and the trustworthy ones. Seeing the scribes of the records in one’s dream brings him glad tidings in this life and in the next.

    If the person lives a pious life, it means that the heavenly paradise is his final abode, but if he is impious, it could represent a clear warning. Meeting the blessed angels in charge of keeping peoples’ records in a dream also means facing adversities, then becoming free from one’s trials.

  • Notebook:

    (Records) In a dream, a notebook means managing one’s expenses, or remembering the past. A notebooks in a dream also represents an estate, a treasure chest, benefits, profits, distress, burdens, or bad comments. If an unemployed person sees a notebook in his dream, it means that he will find work.

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  • Requital:

    (Retaliation; Retribution) In a dream, requital means longevity, departure from one’s past, or it could mean instituting justice, or performing penance that will purify the person from his sins, such as prayers, voluntary fasting and alms giving.

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  • Requital:

    (Retaliation; Retribution) In a dream, requital means longevity, departure from one’s past, or it could mean instituting justice, or performing penance that will purify the person from his sins, such as prayers, voluntary fasting and alms giving.

  • Mourning the dead:

    (Mourning; Wailing; Yowling) Lamenting and desiring something in a dream connotes evil. Lamentation in a dream also represents a preacher or it could represent a putrid odor that comes from opening the door of a filthy lavatory. Lamentation in a dream also represents dogs’yowling, drum beating, the ringing sound of cymbals, or it could mean a wedding.

    Sitting in a place where people are lamenting and mourning their dead in a dream means that an ominous evil may take place in that locality, or perhaps it could mean separation between families and friends. If one sees himself mourning a deceased person in a dream, it means that harm will come to him from the descendents or family of the departed person. Lamenting with great pain and sorrow and mourning over a deceased person in a dream also means waking up to a great joy and happiness.

    Lamenting in a dream also means adversities which are driven by the person who is lamenting. It also means going astray, or it could denote a flute, as the flute denotes lamenting in a dream. Lamenting in a dream also represents the work of ignorance.

  • Wailing:

    (Mourning; Wailing; Yowling) Lamenting and desiring something in a dream connotes evil. Lamentation in a dream also represents a preacher or it could represent a putrid odor that comes from opening the door of a filthy lavatory. Lamentation in a dream also represents dogs’yowling, drum beating, the ringing sound of cymbals, or it could mean a wedding.

    Sitting in a place where people are lamenting and mourning their dead in a dream means that an ominous evil may take place in that locality, or perhaps it could mean separation between families and friends. If one sees himself mourning a deceased person in a dream, it means that harm will come to him from the descendents or family of the departed person. Lamenting with great pain and sorrow and mourning over a deceased person in a dream also means waking up to a great joy and happiness.

    Lamenting in a dream also means adversities which are driven by the person who is lamenting. It also means going astray, or it could denote a flute, as the flute denotes lamenting in a dream. Lamenting in a dream also represents the work of ignorance.

Practical Insights for Understanding Your Dream's Message

• Reflect on your recent experiences

  When dreaming of past memories influencing current decisions, it's essential first to reflect on recent experiences that may trigger these dreams. Keep a journal by your bedside and note down your dreams upon waking. Look for patterns in your dreams, linking them to emotions or situations in your waking life.

  For instance, if you dream of a childhood home, consider how your upbringing influences your current relationships or choices. This reflective practice can help you understand the lessons your dreams offer. It’s also beneficial to discuss your dreams with friends or family members who might provide different perspectives or insights, deepening your understanding of the underlying feelings or unresolved issues.

• Practice mindfulness and meditation

  Incorporating mindfulness and meditation into your daily routine can be tremendously beneficial for deciphering dreams connected to memories. By cultivating a habit of being present, you may find it easier to recognize emotional triggers related to past experiences. Simple practices, such as focused breathing or guided imagery, can help you connect with your inner self.

  These techniques can allow you to revisit memories in a safe environment, facilitating emotional healing and clarity. Consider using visualization to imagine positive outcomes linked to past decisions, helping to alleviate any lingering regrets. This proactive approach can empower you to make conscious choices rooted in wisdom from your past rather than fear or uncertainty.

• Seek a mentor or trusted advisor

  If dreams about memories continually impact your waking life and decision-making, seeking guidance is valuable. A mentor, counselor, or trusted advisor can provide clarity and nuanced interpretations of your situations. Their perspectives can help you navigate difficult emotional terrain and understand the significance of your dreams more profoundly.

  This collaboration allows for an exchange of knowledge, where you can process your feelings in a supportive environment. Moreover, tapping into their life experiences may uncover ways to view your own challenges more effectively. Remember, seeking help is a sign of strength, and nurturing relationships fosters deeper understanding and compassion for ourselves and our healing journey.

FAQs

• Why do I dream about past memories impacting my current decisions?

  Dreaming about past memories often reflects unresolved emotions or choices that continue to affect your present. This may indicate a need for closure or healing to make empowered decisions for your future.

• How can I interpret my dreams related to memories?

  To interpret these dreams, identify symbols related to your past. Reflect on your feelings during the dream and upon waking; journaling can help clarify your thoughts. Additionally, seeking insights from trusted individuals may offer fresh perspectives.

• Are all dreams about memories meaningful?

  While not all dreams carry significant meaning, those centered on memories often serve as a bridge between your past and present experiences. They can provide valuable insights or prompt necessary changes in your life.

• Can dreams about memories lead to personal growth?

  Yes, dreams involving memories can foster personal growth by encouraging reflection and helping you address unresolved feelings. Engaging with these dreams can lead to profound self-understanding and improved decision-making.

• What if I cannot remember my dreams about memories?

  It's common to forget dreams, especially if they contain complex emotions. Keeping a dream journal can help enhance memory over time. Even if you can't recall specifics, trust that the essence of those feelings may still guide your waking decisions.

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