Although your five senses of taste, smell, touch, hearing and seeing are not conscious when you are dreaming, you may find yourself waking with lingering memories of sensual interaction that seemed so real at the time of dreaming. For example, you may recall seeing a beautiful sunset in your dream or hearing a conversation. Or perhaps you remember the smell of burning wood, the touch of a lover’s hand or the taste of a fine wine. You may wake up with a feeling of relief or regret that the terrible or exciting events in your dream simply weren’t real; and a part of you may need convincing that the events in the dream did not actually take place.
According to Jung, dreams are important messages from your unconscious to your conscious mind and nowhere is this more true than when the clarity, vividness and realism of your dreams are so incredible that you have no idea you are dreaming. Although some people are aware of when they are dreaming, many of us aren’t; if you regularly find your dreams both convincing and compelling, many dream analysts believe that your dreaming mind is creating an atmosphere of intense realism to shock you into action or a change of perspective.
See also: BODY; PLACES; SOUNDS.
The Five Senses [1]