why do we dream?

For me dreaming is a way of releasing the things that we don't have yet. Or something that we really aiming for the future.

Hi, There is a related discussion on the same topic, which you may like to study, http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2295634.aspx When we dream the things that were in our subconscious mind, start to surface. When we are awake we do most of our thinking in conscious mind. There all sorts of information is stored. Now some of these information, especially most important or striking ones, precipitates into our subconscious minds. Here they are stored for an indefinite amount of time. When we are asleep the conscious mind is non-functional, but then the subconscious mind takes over. There are a few ways to communicate with your subconscious mind. They are hypnosis, meditation etc. I am not sure, though, if a voluntary cleansing of subconscious mind is possible at all. Thanks God bless you