Dreams and Dreaming “ To write something and leave it behing us, It is but a dream When we awake we know There is not even anyone to read it” Zen Master Ikkyu WE dream during a state of sleep called REM sleep. It is known that theta rythems sent from the hippocampus, which determine if something is of essential value to the brain, are presesnt during REM sleep. Which supports the idea that dreaming is connected to learning and that dreams are very important to the growing process. Sleep is set in cycles, each containing four stages S