Are dreams random thoughts or some meaningful significance?
niether and both, they are synoptic pattern correlations which make them somewhat random, and yet projected, the same way we naturally will group things or continue them. when say, a handfull of stones with equal number in four different colors are throw in front of you, your mindseye will see any number bunched together of same color, (grouping), and any that line up of same color, (continuity), so its more of a floating direction along linear pathways, like water taking the easiest path, so will your mind in its quest to fulfill its imaginative feed. This is why one can actually turn boring uneventful or horrifible dreams into sweeter contemplations by sleeping with, light classical music on in the background. This works to stimulate the imagination along interesting mental perceptive threads. Exactly what is needed when people get stuck in subconscious ruts. A dreams direction can only last as long as your synoptic pattern correlations, can grasp and move along this convienient stor