To me, dreams fall into a few categories. I choose to believe that dreams are manifestations of our subconscious- a way for our mind to act out impulses or thoughts that we don't actively and consciously pursue or, try to hide.

(yes, im with freud on this one, and yes, i know it's a pseudoscience)

with regards to the article, i don't see any correlation between the dream and heaven. if the boy knew that it was heaven, then he could just have been exposed to ideas of what heaven SHOULD be like- typically for christians it would be in an ethereal, cloudy area with a gate. It's so typical of most christian heaven claims that it really wouldnt be surprising if the boy's subsconscious came up with a way to explain this situation using such imagery.

then again, little is understood about dreams, but heck, I know for sure that ALL my dreams have never come true, haha! (which is good, because i have nightmares often).

in any case, i am ambivalent about the concept of prophetic dreams. some people claim to be able to forcast or predict future events through dreams. i dont quite believe it because ive never seen one, but im open minded enough not to claim it doesn't exist.

for me, personally, dreams are linked to a person's subconscious. anything further, i would have to do my research on it, and im not really keen on unscientific stuff...

This post has been edited by teh tarik satu: Apr 22 2010, 07:08 PM