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Dreams — What Do They Mean?
夢意味著什么?
Gerald Mosback
杰拉爾德·莫斯巴克
Dreams have always held a universal fascination. Some primitive societies believe that the soul leaves the body and visits the scene of the dream. Generally, however, dreams are accepted to be illusions, having much in common with day dreams — the fantasies of our waking life. When dreaming, however, one tends to believe fully in the reality of the dream world, however inconsistent, illogical and odd it may be.
夢一向具有一種普遍的吸引力。有些原始部落認為做夢是靈魂離開了軀體去尋訪夢中的場景。但是，夢普遍地被認為是幻覺，跟白日夢—我們醒著的時候產生的幻想—有很多相同之處。 然而，人在做夢時，不論夢境是多么的不連貫，多么的有悖邏輯，多么的怪誕，卻往往全然信其真。
Although most dreams happen without apparent cause, dream activity maybe provoked by external influences. “Suffocation” dreams are connected with the breathing difficulties of a heavy cold, for instance. Internal disorders such as indigestion can cause vivid dreams, and dreams of racing fire-engines may be caused by the ringing of an alarm bell.
盡管大多數夢的產生沒有明顯的原因，夢幻活動卻可能是受外部影響的刺激而產生。例如，“窒息”的夢與重感冒引起的呼吸困難有關。消化不良這類身體內部的不適可能會引起生動的夢境，而夢見疾駛的消防車則可能是由于鬧鐘的鈴聲而導致的。
