Humans have long looked to dreams for meaning, seeing in them symbolic messages, divine signs, or glimpses of the future. Dr. Daniel Goldin suggests that dreams reconnect us with a pre-verbal mode of communication—what Tomasello calls a “natural language” of imaginative storytelling. In this immersive, symbolic space, our minds craft metaphorical narratives that mirror the deeper structures of our thoughts, much like our ancestors once did to make sense of their world. Dreams, he argues, help us reshape the hidden storylines behind our modern struggles, offering insight and transformation through symbolic drama.

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