I wonder if the purpose of dreaming is the same as the purpose of the waking state.
Lucid dreams are described as very vivid and life like. My mind recreates my waking life experiences and exposes the deeper or underlying currents (feelings) which I can't or don't observe from a distance. I say can't or don't because I know that developing a consistent practice of meditation each day increases the ability to observe everything while going through the experiences. A peaceful separation between mind and body can be created in which you are contemplating before each thought and before each action. People are calling this practice "mindfulness."
In the dream state, "the world" is a little more fluid so I can both observe and experience what is going on. What I dream about are re-organized thoughts and scenarios from my waking life. My conclusion about the experience is this: I am the soul and I am the dreamer. The environment is recreated by my access to the universal mind. My brain is keeping my body alive while I am focused on this inner experience the same as it does when I am moving it around during my waking experience.
My soul doesn't need sleep and is conscious and aware during the resting period of my body, the soul is connected to the non-stop creative nature of the universe so every second is still a "teachable moment" on some level. Dreaming has a purpose. I think contemplating the purpose and beginning to understand them may help us get to the personal destination we choose a little faster or maybe there is no faster or slower to it. We'll get there when we get there!
Be well and be happy!
(i.e., my dream last night; this part is more of an optional read of couree)
I awakened this morning from a lucid dream unfolding into a repeat cycle of events from a past relationship. As usual in these types of dreams there was an element of physical danger. The danger was that a house I had been in (which was not mine), was located on a steep cliff like hill. The drop from the edge appeared to be from 50 to 100 feet although I didn't spend too much time looking down because where your attention goes, so do you!
There was a foot path that led to the house that was very close to the edge of the cliff and (typical for my dreams) as I was walking back to the road from the house, a moment of danger arrived. I moved my left foot and as I planted it on the ground, I lifted my right foot. As I moved my right foot in the walking motion, midway there, I felt that my body weight was not balanced and leaning toward the right! The exposure to the cliff's edge was to my right. My left which was closer to the "wall" of the hill.
It took all of the focus I had to internally sway the motion of my body to the left so that I would not fall and could continue the path to safety. As dreams go... the oddities that seem so normal in them continued like a film, cut to the next scene.
There were a series of interesting conversations (well scripted for the unfolding scenes) occurring in the house. After a little while, I left with individuals that I met there. There was one person in the house that I had met before. We had been friends, but I dropped the relationship because it was harmful. We all went to a store. As we were leaving (about six of us), I was engaged in a conversation with the one person that I knew.
The conversation was going sour as disappointments were shared were degenerating into blame. At some point the items that were in my hands fell to the floor and rather than help me pick them up. the person speaking to me was taking the opportunity to send me a verbal missive. As I was struggling to pick the items off the floor I heard a comment made by someone in the store who over heard the words my friend said to me indicating that someone who speaks words like that can't really be a nice person (although he appears to be).
This comment was interesting to me in that I was getting a clue about him. So... I was right about this person who was very skilled in his speech. Skilled enough to effectively deliver an insult with just the right level of energy to allow the words to enter into your awareness in a way that you don't initially react. A very effective way to reach people emotionally. The result of that communication skill is that it effects you from within. This skill can be used positively or negatively.
Cut to the next scene, I am observing from overhead yet I am still in the dream with my items preparing to go to the cashier... from my overhead perspective, I watch as one by one each of the people from the house roll their shopping carts out of the store, intentionally by-passing the cashier! This is occurring because in the dream (like waking life), the store is understaffed. Each one of them with the exception of my friend intentionally took the items without paying for them.
My friend was seated, with his goods for which he clearly intended to pay for because he had the means. I was angry at being part of that group and I said to him. They will get caught and when they do, I will not acknowledge them. I have nothing to do with them and will not admit that I was with them, then I was awakened after that speech.
Of course, since I was dreaming that drama, I recognize elements of my thoughts throughout the day and the week in the dream. Two elements always seem to exist in my lucid dreams, a house which is not mine and danger. The "house" is often in disrepair and very large.
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