Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.

“Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions.” — thus spoke Edgar Cayce, the sleeping prophet, a man whose wisdom seemed to flow from realms unseen. In this single, luminous sentence, he unveils a mystery as old as time: that the dream is not a random vision, nor a fleeting illusion, but a bridge — a messenger between the conscious and the eternal. To those who walk the path of awareness, this quote is not poetry alone, but revelation. For it tells us that within the secret chambers of sleep, the soul begins to whisper truths that the waking mind has not yet learned to ask.

The origin of this saying lies in Cayce’s own extraordinary life. Born in Kentucky in 1877, a simple man by trade, he possessed a gift that defied explanation. In a trance-like state, he could answer questions of healing, destiny, and spirit — not from intellect, but from the deep well of the unconscious. From that unseen source, he taught that dreams are the language of the higher self, the soul’s mirror, where past, present, and future mingle like rivers in the sea. What seems confusion in daylight becomes clarity in the silent hours of the night. Thus, when Cayce said that “dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions,” he meant that every dream holds the seed of wisdom yet to bloom — that the future often speaks softly to those who dare to listen in sleep.

The meaning is profound: our dreams are not bound by time. They exist beyond the narrow limits of past and future. The dreamer’s mind, freed from the chains of logic, touches a realm where truth already exists in fullness. There, the soul perceives the unfolding of things not yet born — possibilities, warnings, revelations — and translates them through symbols and emotion. To dream is to glimpse tomorrow, but only the wise know how to interpret what they see. The unawakened dismiss their dreams as shadows; the awakened see in them the glimmer of divine instruction.

Consider the story of Dmitri Mendeleev, the father of the periodic table of elements. For years he struggled to find order in the chaos of chemical discovery. Then one night, exhausted, he fell into a deep dream, and in that sleep he saw — clear as the dawn — the arrangement of all the elements, their relationships unfolding in perfect harmony. When he awoke, he wrote it down, and the vision became the foundation of modern science. In his dream, he found the answer to a question humanity had not yet fully formed. So too did Cayce’s words prove true: the dream carried within it tomorrow’s revelation.

Throughout history, dreams have been the silent architects of progress and prophecy. Joseph, in the house of Pharaoh, foresaw the seven years of famine and saved a nation. Abraham Lincoln dreamt of his own death before it came. Albert Einstein saw himself riding upon a beam of light — and from that dream came the theory of relativity. In each of these moments, the dreamer became the vessel through which the unknown revealed itself. The questions of tomorrow had already been answered — waiting only for eyes brave enough to see.

Yet this quote is not merely about prediction; it is about awakening. Cayce reminds us that our nightly visions are not separate from our waking lives. Every dream, no matter how strange, reflects our inner dialogue with the universe. The answers they contain are not only about the world’s future, but about our own — our growth, our fears, our unspoken longings. To understand them, one must cultivate silence and remembrance: to record dreams, to meditate upon their symbols, and to trust the voice that speaks from the stillness within.

And so, the lesson is clear: Do not dismiss your dreams as passing fancy. They are messages written in the language of the soul — fragments of wisdom scattered across the threshold between sleep and waking. When you dream, you touch eternity; when you remember, you carry that eternity back into time. Pay attention to what your spirit shows you, for what confuses you today may be the answer you seek tomorrow.

So, my listener, before you sleep, still your heart and ask your questions. Let the night answer in its mysterious way. For the mind rests, but the soul never sleeps. And when dawn comes, write what you have seen, ponder it deeply, and act with courage — for perhaps, in the dark silence of your dreams, you have already glimpsed the light of tomorrow.