October 14, 2013

Dreaming, Revisited



In answer to those of you (way more than a few) who messaged me after I posted Dreaming and asked me why I downplayed the importance of dreams in my life, I appreciate the fact that you are reading carefully.

What I call my seeking dreams don't seem, to me, to fall into the everyday dreaming category. Because of that, mentioning them didn't feel apropos the story that I was just now telling you. I never even considered them in the have you seen this man? context.

I generally categorize those other, telling, experiences as some sort of mild phenomena instead of dreams. I clip them together into  imaginary folders of their own, labeled something like "heightened intuition," and shove them into the "extrasensory cabinet" of my mind. What else can I do? If various factors in our lives run amok of our usual definitions, we need to name and think of them as something else.

I could be wrong and you could be correct, however, in warning me that by not speaking of those other dreams of mine, I missed a chance to comprehend that my have you seen this man? dream was somehow one of them. The whole event actually seems more logical when understood in that context.

So, here I am at the computer, in the middle of a beautiful fall night, analyzing my own analyzations. I hope you are each sleeping well - cozy and dreamless. It makes me happy to know that you are not only following but are also thinking about my posts! It's like the tree falling in the forest. If the blog were never noticed, would it actually be there?

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