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Be the dream

Many people find dreams fascinating, pondering how to decode them and apply any messages they offer to waking life. But there’s another way to approach what goes on in our heads during slumber

Everyone dreams, every single night, without fail. Even if you don’t recall your dreams, you can be sure that you’ll have dreamt at various points throughout your slumber.

You might like to think of it like this: there’s a quiet genius in your dreaming mind, a part of you working things out, while other parts of you sleep soundly.

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