What have you been dreaming about lately?
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I had a very strange dream over the weekend. In my dream, I was asleep--and dreaming. The dream-within-the-dream was full of blue--it may have been sharks or fish or the ocean, but it was definitely blue. Then, I woke from the dream-within-the-dream (only of course i was still asleep), and went to breakfast. I sat down, and said "You'll never believe what I dreamt of last night." A friend of mine turned to me and described the dream-within-the-dream word for word. At which point I woke up (for real) in utter astonishment. 
I've never dreamed of dreaming before. I feel like a snake who's swallowed its tail...
I've never dreamed of dreaming before. I feel like a snake who's swallowed its tail...
Halfway down the stairs Is the stair where I sit. There isn't any other stair quite like it. I'm not at the bottom, I'm not at the top; So this is the stair where I always stop.
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I had a dream last night in which Tom C had written and directed a play. (I must have dreamt it because I had been reading Dr Talos' play in Claw of the Conciliator before I went to bed.) The hall was packed but within an hour most people had left because it was, sorry to say Tom, terrible. lol
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I had a dream last night where I was back in the small town (and I mean small. look up Hazen, NV) I lived in when I was eight. The weird thing is, I saw a bunch of places I'd completely forgotten about and people I'd also forgotten, both people and places aged by time just how they'd be in real life and completely recognizable. Pretty hyper-realistic for one of my dreams.
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
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Weird...I never have dreams that realistic...they usually have at least a touch of fantasy in them, and more often than not they're VERY unrealistic, like the one I posted last time...they tend to take on certain aspects of whatever book I'm reading at the time, too...
Not long before I broke up with my ex-fiancé, Matt, I told Tallin (my current bf) about all the ways the guy was treating me badly...even online I could tell Tallin was absolutely seething mad over it. Anyway, a couple nights after that, I had a dream...I was outside Matt's apartment, coming back from the mall across the streets, when I noticed movement under some nearby trees. Curious (not afraid, as I would be in reality), I moved towards the trees, and found Tallin skulking around...he raised a finger to my lips to keep me silent. His hair was red (he had it dyed red when I frst met him), and he was wearing caidin'sor like the Aiel in the Wheel of Time, and was veiled, so obviously ready to kill (I was reading The Dragon Reborn at the time), and I knew (the way one just knows in dreams) that he was going to kill Matt...and I felt no desire to stop him. I backed away to leave, and noticed more black-clad figures following him, and knew that they were all my friends. At some point I must have decided to go watch, because in the next "scene" in my dream, I was standing in the apartment hallway, watching them all slip into his apartment.
It was really eerie, though, how real that one felt...I can still almost feel his finger on my lips...that doesn't happen for me too often...usually I know I'm dreaming, and can manipulate my dreams to a certain extent because of it (that's called "lucid dreaming").
Not long before I broke up with my ex-fiancé, Matt, I told Tallin (my current bf) about all the ways the guy was treating me badly...even online I could tell Tallin was absolutely seething mad over it. Anyway, a couple nights after that, I had a dream...I was outside Matt's apartment, coming back from the mall across the streets, when I noticed movement under some nearby trees. Curious (not afraid, as I would be in reality), I moved towards the trees, and found Tallin skulking around...he raised a finger to my lips to keep me silent. His hair was red (he had it dyed red when I frst met him), and he was wearing caidin'sor like the Aiel in the Wheel of Time, and was veiled, so obviously ready to kill (I was reading The Dragon Reborn at the time), and I knew (the way one just knows in dreams) that he was going to kill Matt...and I felt no desire to stop him. I backed away to leave, and noticed more black-clad figures following him, and knew that they were all my friends. At some point I must have decided to go watch, because in the next "scene" in my dream, I was standing in the apartment hallway, watching them all slip into his apartment.
It was really eerie, though, how real that one felt...I can still almost feel his finger on my lips...that doesn't happen for me too often...usually I know I'm dreaming, and can manipulate my dreams to a certain extent because of it (that's called "lucid dreaming").
"A choice made freely is stronger than one compelled"
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Now, I do not intend for this to start an argument, but I had a nightmare the night of the election. Background: I'm a Dem, and I'd been rereading the Dragonlance Chronicles.
In my dream, I was being chased by a dragon, who had every intention of getting me. I found a place to hide, and could hear it slithering around outside, and I knew it was only moments before it would breath fire into my hiding place, so I woke myself up before it could get me. I had the whole night-terrors thing at that point--cold sweat, couldn't catch my breath, and felt like I couldn't move--it was awful. When I managed to get up to go for a drink of water, I turned on the TV on my way to the kitchen, and Tom Brokaw was just announcing that Ohio had swung Republican.
Coincidence? Undoubtedly. But it kinda freaked me out at the time.
In my dream, I was being chased by a dragon, who had every intention of getting me. I found a place to hide, and could hear it slithering around outside, and I knew it was only moments before it would breath fire into my hiding place, so I woke myself up before it could get me. I had the whole night-terrors thing at that point--cold sweat, couldn't catch my breath, and felt like I couldn't move--it was awful. When I managed to get up to go for a drink of water, I turned on the TV on my way to the kitchen, and Tom Brokaw was just announcing that Ohio had swung Republican.
Coincidence? Undoubtedly. But it kinda freaked me out at the time.
Halfway down the stairs Is the stair where I sit. There isn't any other stair quite like it. I'm not at the bottom, I'm not at the top; So this is the stair where I always stop.
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I had a beautiful dream about Isaiah. He was sitting high in a tree watching a family of birds. I called up to him, "don't fall!" And he looked down at me and said.
"I won't fall, I can fly."
Then I woke up.
"I won't fall, I can fly."
Then I woke up.
And I believe in you
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
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Pun fu! *runs for the hills*-
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I can't tell you how many dreams about tornados I've had in my life. At least a couple dozen. (Surpassed only by snake dreams. Certainly 50+ of those.) I've always wanted to see a tornado, and am always disappointed when I wake up and realize I still haven't. So I figured out how to tell if I'm dreaming or not. You see, I can't read in dreams. I guess I just don't have a detailed enough imagination to manufacture text in a book or magazine. I've had many dreams where I tried to read something, and couldn't make out any words. So now when I see a tornado, I look for something to read. If I can't read it, I know I'm dreaming.
The kicker is, I've learned to fool myself into thinking that I am reading. When I wake up, I know that I didn't read anything, and get annoyed with myself for having been duped like that. But in the dream, I'm very happy to learn that I am, indeed, awake, and am finally seeing a tornado.
Well, the other night I had another one. There, coming up the hill, was a tornado. But by now, I've had it. I didn't look for something to read, because I now know I'll just fool myself. I knew I was dreaming, and woke up.
Except I only woke up to another dream. When I truly woke up (assuming I finally have), I realized I was only dreaming I was awake.
I tell you, sometimes you just can't win!
The kicker is, I've learned to fool myself into thinking that I am reading. When I wake up, I know that I didn't read anything, and get annoyed with myself for having been duped like that. But in the dream, I'm very happy to learn that I am, indeed, awake, and am finally seeing a tornado.
Well, the other night I had another one. There, coming up the hill, was a tornado. But by now, I've had it. I didn't look for something to read, because I now know I'll just fool myself. I knew I was dreaming, and woke up.
Except I only woke up to another dream. When I truly woke up (assuming I finally have), I realized I was only dreaming I was awake.
I tell you, sometimes you just can't win!
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
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A lot of people can't read in dreams, Fist, and for those who can (myself among them), it's still tricky. The words will shift around or be something entirely different the next time you look at it. This one time, I knew I was dreaming, but I also knew that for whatever reason, I wouldn't be able to wake up until I could spell "dark park" on a scrabble board. So I get all the letters together, go to put them on the board, and they're all L's. Weird thing is, I don't remember ever waking up from that dream. 
Another way to test if you're dreaming is to try to notice the lighting. It's usually just a given that there's light, and there's never really a source for it. Try turning light switches on and off.
These are both lucid dreaming "reality checks," things you should check while you're awake, to verify that you're awake and make it enough of a habit that you do it in dreams also. Reason being that you can't lucid dream if you don't realize you're asleep.
Another way to test if you're dreaming is to try to notice the lighting. It's usually just a given that there's light, and there's never really a source for it. Try turning light switches on and off.
These are both lucid dreaming "reality checks," things you should check while you're awake, to verify that you're awake and make it enough of a habit that you do it in dreams also. Reason being that you can't lucid dream if you don't realize you're asleep.
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner
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Taiga Tzu wrote:Yes, Isaiah soars with wings, as eagles. But even if he did not, my trees love him, and wood never let him fall.
And I believe in you
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
hmmm...Isaiah! BUDDY!Shantith, Shantith! 
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Recently I had a dream where some guy hit me in the side, and my whole body went numb, causing me to instantly fall over. It felt pretty real/painful. Or at least in my mind.
Another dream was very eccentric. I dreamt I was in a waiting room--like a doctor's office--and at the secretary's desk sat Pennywise the Dancing Clown/It, as played by Tim Curry. I was a little kid in one of the chairs in the waiting room, and a couple other kids were in there. Apparently I was in some kind of hell dimension, and this was the welcome room. There was a big brochure about all the "fun" things you could do with It, such as run down dark streets as he chases you.
Another dream was very eccentric. I dreamt I was in a waiting room--like a doctor's office--and at the secretary's desk sat Pennywise the Dancing Clown/It, as played by Tim Curry. I was a little kid in one of the chairs in the waiting room, and a couple other kids were in there. Apparently I was in some kind of hell dimension, and this was the welcome room. There was a big brochure about all the "fun" things you could do with It, such as run down dark streets as he chases you.
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