Schlafen ist Verdauen der Sinneseindrucke. Traume sind Exkremente.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Sleep processes sensory impressions and dreams are waste products of that process.
- In plain terms
- Sleep digests what you see and feel, and dreams are like the leftovers.
- What can you take from it?
- View dreams as biological processing of daily sensations.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do your dreams mean?
- Is sleep just processing?
Another view
Dreams may have deeper meaning than mere biological waste.
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