Power of dreams?

[Riddil]

Just kinduva light-hearted post. I've never really given dreams too much thought... mostly b/c I seem to have so few of them. But after a few interesting ones, I started to wonder, is it true that dreams may have some deeper meaning? Either that they may tell the future, or that they can have some symbolic meaning to express what's in your life?

It's easy to "force" a certain type of dream. I remember exams in college where'd I stress so badly that I'd dream I was taking the exam w/ no pencil/calculator/pants. Just think on something firmly enough and it carries into your dreams. But what about the "random" ones? Now, I'm firmly rooted in the camp that believes the human brain wants to find patterns, and will try to create the perception of something tangible out of chaos. (ie, play a song backwards and you hear a secret meaning! Omigosh!)... So isn't it possible that if you have a dream where you're dining naked with your boss... it may not mean that you harbor a deep secret that you want to keep hidden from authority. Maybe you just had a weird dream.

So, can dreams provide insight into life? Maybe even tell the future? Ooor if you have any off-the-wall dreams you'd like to share, air them out. :-P

One of my personal favorites belongs to a friend of mine... in the dream he was going to put one of those quick-cook pizzas in the oven. Right before pulling the oven open he noticed he could look through the clouded glass. When he looked in, he noticed that the oven was completely full of water and a snake/Chinese dragon type of creature was slowly swimming around inside, and it's length forced it to wind through the loops of it's own body as it swam.

Neat image. But I'm tentative to think that it may mean something like, "fast food will eventually kill you".