I spent 6 years training my mind
& memory to recall nightly dreams.
Whenever an interesting visual
image popped up in these
often bizarre nocturnes,
I would attempt to capture
it in a drawing. The more
I did this, the more it
became an addiction,
and, eventually an un-
healthy obsession. I
say unhealthy because
I began to forsake 'reality'
and was starting to slip away...
"Aliens kept me. I missed the last judgment." fascinating. Just fascinating. What a premise for a sci-fi (or maybe religious fantasy) story. What would one find, if returned to earth after judgment day?
ReplyDeleteI never remember by dreams. What does that mean? something good or bad? I understand your obsession with remembering dreams. For those of us that don't go to war - how else are our true selves revealed? I look forward to more.
Anyone can train themselves to remember their dreams, but, like anything, there has to be a real genuine interest or strong desire to do so and lots of hard work @ the outset~ which gets easier & easier the more you do it. Our true selves can also be revealed thru artistic expression or via some other traumatic, non-war experience that breaks us down to the core of our being. Disasters on such a grand scale like Katrina & the earthquake in Japan always bring people back to the reality of Just Being Human instead of being a poser or wishy-washy unfocused individual. The Nature of acute drama quickly smacks us into survival mode, and we all benefit from feeling more alive. Where the Self-Discovery of Dreams differs is, it comes to us thru a passive state, where, survival isn't the issue, and perhaps sleep itself is a luxury, so, our guard is down & our imaginations take over, merging wish-fulfillment with garbage in garbage out daily activities. It is a thick viscous stew, of sorts, and we can choose to savor its flavors if we become aware that it's there, waiting to be explored.
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