I am curious about people's opinions regarding either attempting understanding or actually understanding you dreams. Do you find it beneficial? Does it help you with your lucidity?
It is critical that you record 100-dreams exactly as possible before you attempt any serious interpretation.

As a bonus the more familiar you become with your dreams the more likely you are to become lucid. As far as the meaning of dreams, I largely agree with the above posts. Very few of my dreams have had even a hint of special meaning.

On the rare occasions they do have an air of significance, the significance was totally personal. No dream interpretation book could have possibly helped. They were not Earth shattering revelations by any means, more like symbolic of different motivations in my life.