The renowned psychologist, Carl Jung, believed dreams were in some cases anticipatory of future life events. Troubling dreams could be interpreted as warnings from the unconscious mind to the conscious, about knowledge, circumstance and future obstacles that one should be aware of - but chose to deny and 'turn a blind eye to'. Whereas, the conscious mind was prone to censorship of important, although troubling, but ultimately crucial facts of how to navigate one's life, the same is not true of the unconscious mind, which operates largely in an uncensored manner while dreaming, telling one's conscious mind the full story and true extent of one's self-knowledge in a dream. Perhaps then, it may be wise, the next time one dreams of a train-wreck, failing to climb a mountain, or riding on out of control bus - that one doesn't immediately trivialize such visions as vacuous escapades of adventure or mindless anxiety. But, instead, and much more bravely, one entertains the thought that such dreams give one a glimpse into the future of things to come in life. Because, if it's true that the process of dreaming filters subconscious knowledge into the conscious mind, then this very process may affect and alter the course of our lives more than we care to acknowledge, especially, if we continue to deny the latent self-knowledge poorly hidden in our dreams.
Source: Carl Jung, 'Modern Man in Search of a Soul', chapter one, p1-11
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