Every person at least once in his life had a dream that he was flying. For many, dreams of this kind were limited only to the feeling of falling, after which they woke up in horror.

Where do such dreams come from, and why do they dream every person, despite the fact that not everyone experienced something like this in reality? Where did these deep memories and dreams, laid somewhere deep in the brain, come from? Many curious people asked such questions. There are several answers to them that are definitely worth considering.

Metaphysical Versions

The most common version in this regard is at the same time the oldest. Thousands of years ago, people believed that during sleep, a person or his astral body is separated from a person, which goes on a flight, on a journey. It was believed, and in some occult beliefs, it is believed to this day that the soul can go to other dimensions, at any time, and the feeling of flying is completely natural. During sleep, the soul at one point falls back into the body, and it awakens. This explains the sensations of flight, but sane people for the most part are looking for other answers to this question, considering more rational versions.

Flying and Psychology

Psychologists of different times explained the dreams associated with flight, various aspects. Adler pointed out that people flying in a dream want to suppress others.The version of Jung is considered the most generally accepted, which indicates that flying in a dream indicates a person’s desire to get rid of conventions, go beyond. And also such a dream can speak about a person’s desire to free himself, for example, from a situation, and give him energy for such accomplishments.

It is believed that if flying in a dream brings positive emotions, it will bring a solution to the situation. But if it scares, then we are talking about chronic stress, about a situation where a person can not do anything with what is happening and feels his complete impotence. But this information also cannot be regarded as scientifically sound.

Interesting fact: most often, children dream of flying in a dream. It is believed that at such moments they grow. However, children still do not have a clear idea of ​​what is possible and what is not possible in life, because they may have dreams that are completely unrelated to reality, including about flights.

Flight in a dream and biology

There are also quite physiological explanations about why a person may dream of flying in a dream. So, for example, if he fell asleep in a stuffy room, or covered his head with a blanket, but then opened, or the window opened, the received portion of fresh cold air may well trigger a dream about flying. And if we consider the opinion of ethologists who study hereditary behavior, then the possibility of such dreams and their background becomes completely obvious. Man has common roots with monkeys that live and sleep in trees. The discrepancy with these species can be traced no more than 25 million.years ago, and in genetic terms, this is not a very significant date. The common ancestors of the monkey and man knew how to fly from branch to branch, swaying in the crowns of trees - this phenomenon is called brachyacia.

Mankind rose to its feet and began to move on the surface of the earth, but the monkeys took a different path from a common ancestor, and learned to fly tens of meters - the achievements of gibbons are especially impressive. But genetics can tell about it even after many generations.

After all, human hands remained adapted for such accomplishments. The human hand is an unusually complex device, which is intended primarily for the realization of the grasping reflex that even infants have. The thumb is opposed to the rest, which makes it possible to grab a branch. Hanging for a person is completely natural. And it is precisely under this anatomical feature that handrails were created in transport - losing balance, a person instinctively seeks to grab hold of something.

And human children love to swing. The same thing is observed in monkeys, only their cubs swing on vines, and human ones on a swing and bungee. And falling from a height turns out to be a real nightmare for both humans and monkeys, starting from a very young age.

Thus, dreams about flying are a complex phenomenon that can be associated both with human psychology and with its primitive roots. In the recent genetic past, human ancestors could fly from branch to branch.In addition, flight is a symbol of freedom, relevant for all mankind. Dreams about flying can be genetic memories, they can also symbolize a spiritual impulse, the desire for freedom.