From the Buddha’s teachings, many types of dreams exist — some are random, some influenced by past impressions, and some even arise due to strong kamma vipāka or kamma-nimitta. In rare cases, there can be intuitive glimpses — especially if the mind is calm, pure, or strongly connected to the situation.
I just want to remind you:
The Buddha said:
“Do not believe something just because it is written in scriptures, or because it is tradition, or even because I (the Buddha) have said it.”
He further said:
“Only when you yourself see—through your own experience—that something is wholesome, beneficial, and leads to the reduction of suffering and the growth of peace, only then should you accept and follow it.”
Here’s what the Buddha emphasized:
- “By the fruits, you shall know the path.”
The goal of the Dhamma is not to explain mysterious events — but to understand and uproot suffering.
If any experience (even a psychic one) increases greed, delusion, fear, or ego — it’s not helpful.
But if it leads to compassion, dispassion, and wisdom, it may be worth reflecting on. - “Ehipassiko” — Come and see
Even dreams and intuitions must be examined.
Did it reduce suffering? Did it lead to detachment?
Buddha said: “Test it — don’t just believe it.” - “Opanayiko” — Leading inward
Anything that leads you toward detachment and liberation — that’s Dhamma.
Anything that traps you in external fantasies, rituals, or false identity — is the opposite of Dhamma.
Real Dhamma leads you toward liberation — not just curiosity about external predictions.
Yes, dreams may occur. But what matters is what they do to your mind.
What I think:
The thing you’re trying to use to predict the future — the mind, the dream — is itself anicca (unreliable, subject to change).
And whatever you’re trying to predict? That too is anicca.
So what’s really reliable here?
What’s the point?
Instead, what did the Buddha focus on?
“I teach only suffering and the end of suffering.”
Not fortune-telling, not magic, not control of destiny — but freedom from rebirth, freedom from suffering.
Finally, I would say:
Seeing through the illusion of control is more powerful than trying to control the illusion.
Awaken the Dhamma within you.
Leave behind these low arts (tiracchāna vijjā) that only shake your Sammā Diṭṭhi.