"For God may speak in one way, or in another, Yet man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men, While slumbering on their beds, Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction"
That's a quote from the Hebrew Bible, Job 33:14-16. The way I understand that is that God speaks to everybody (man used in generic way meaning humankind) - everybody dreams. Yet not everybody pays attention/perceive/remembers and acts accordingly.
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Nov 15 at 11:57 PM
I inclined to believe there is strong correlation between our spiritual life and the kind of dreams we usually dream. At least that's what my experience has been. When you are in communion with God, you enter some kind of rest where you don't strive any longer, and the dreams follow that kind of restfulness and serene peace and joy.
I also find the if there is a recurring theme in the dreams, those kinds of dreams are usually God and his army of holy beings trying to instruct us, protect us from peril, etc. The scenery may be different, but the theme is the same.
You see this idea in the Hebrew Scriptures too. The Egyptian Pharao has 2 dreams with the same theme. 7 ugly, gaunt cows eat 7 well feed beautiful cow. In the second dream 7 thin and scorched ears of grain swallow 7 full and healthy ears of grain. Same theme but the imagery is not necessarily the same. You can see this idea in other parts of Hebrew Bible and the New Testament too.