Once in a while someone will ask me if I think dreams are just random subconsciousness, if they have meanings, if they are messages from God, if they are the result of too much pizza or watching scary tv shows...I always answer "yes".

I've had some dreams that I KNOW were the result of what I was watching or thinking about. I've had others that made a lot of sense in a symbolic way. I've had dreams about which I've strongly felt "pay attention to this, there's a message in it".

I've dreamed things that "came true". I told some friends that I dreamed they adopted a baby girl with red hair, and a few months later that's what happened. (They thought it was kind of creepy--I'm careful about telling people what I dream about them)

I've always been leery of self-proclaimed "dream experts". It's not science--how would you prove them right or wrong?

However, there have been times I've discussed dreams with friends (their dreams and mine) and we've helped each other come up with satisfying likely understanding.