Dreams and Majja Dhatu
Dreams are a function of majja dhatu that discharge incomplete thoughts and restore order in the brain
Dreams as a Function of Majja Dhatu
One of the important functions of majja dhatu is to create dreams. Dreams are a discharge of nerve cells — the drainage of incomplete thoughts, actions, and feelings. Any thought without total awareness is an incomplete thought, and brain cells pick up these incomplete thoughts. Majja dhatu drains or completes these unfinished actions, allowing the brain to restore order. In this way, dreams are necessary for mental health.
According to Ayurveda, dreams are classified as vata, pitta, or kapha. Vata dreams are active: falling, being attacked, being pursued, flying, snakes, frozen with fright, death of a loved one, and autumn imagery. Pitta dreams are fiery: schooling, teaching, fire, failing exams, killing someone, being inappropriately dressed or nude in public, and summer imagery. Kapha dreams are romantic: swimming, finding money, eating candy, doing the same thing repeatedly and slowly, seeing oneself as dead, and winter/spring imagery.
Recording and analyzing dreams over one month as vata, pitta, or kapha reveals the pattern of how majja dhatu is functioning in one's life and relationships. By classifying dreams and treating the corresponding dosha, good therapeutic results can be achieved.
Source: Textbook of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles, Chapter Six: Dhatus Part II (Meda, Asthi, Majja, Shukra/Artava)
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