So, dreaming of someone who is no longer alive may be related to the changes mentioned above and how those changes affect us.
”A lot of contemporary neuroscientists believe during REM sleep, the brain is involved in maintenance tasks, and it accidentally ‘kicks up dust,’ visually. Dreaming is therefore viewed as completely pointless.
“The other end is that dreaming is more substantial than waking,” he clarifies. This is also evident in “dream cultures,” like the indigenous Australians, who consider dreaming to be an essential part of our spiritual lives.