I think that dreams are everything you have suggested, and more.
A couple of things I have noticed myself for consideration:
Why is it that I can 'feel' my dream throughout the whole following day, up until my next dream cycle, as if it is still underway? When I say feel, I mean I can feel myself there, even if I can't remember the specifics of the dream, I can feel the 'energy' of it for lack of a better term.
And why is it that in my dreams I know myself as myself, but generally speaking, I am lacking all of the normal considerations of my waking life? My history, circumstances, reason all seem to be lacking. Sometimes I have dreams that work out various circumstances from my waking life, but by and large those things are missing from my more common, 'ethereal' dreams.
And as I have suggested in some of my columns, science is missing the biggest piece of information that would provide many answers -- our Consciousness. If we were to understand who and what we actually are and our purpose, it would offer us a grate deal more insight into these subjects.
When science is still viewing everything as "persona non grata" without empirical evidence, it is hardly a surprise that there is little exploration into all of these questions of dreams that you have provided.
I've had moods, up and down, that started in dreams and have fed into the following day and beyond. If I'm honest, I also sometimes feel the boundary between dreaming and 'not dreaming' is very fuzzy (I play with this in my meditation). A friend of mine once dreamt that their partner cheated on them and took several days to forgive them!
Also really interesting what you say about "knowing yourself" in dreams. It does make me wonder whether the person we become in our dreams has perhaps been around longer than we think??? Maybe even exists in more than one place, but that's a whole other post!
Thanks for your comments and for sharing, really appreciated x
I have recently taken to catching myself 'dreaming' while I was still awake. In other words, about to fall asleep, realizing I'm dreaming already, but my eyes are still open, and my waking consciousness still primary. It was very odd but very cool to say the least.
I have written extensively about who and what we actually are, and why dreams may be a window into that truth.
I love your exploration of this!
Dreams, the last great unexplored frontier.
I think that dreams are everything you have suggested, and more.
A couple of things I have noticed myself for consideration:
Why is it that I can 'feel' my dream throughout the whole following day, up until my next dream cycle, as if it is still underway? When I say feel, I mean I can feel myself there, even if I can't remember the specifics of the dream, I can feel the 'energy' of it for lack of a better term.
And why is it that in my dreams I know myself as myself, but generally speaking, I am lacking all of the normal considerations of my waking life? My history, circumstances, reason all seem to be lacking. Sometimes I have dreams that work out various circumstances from my waking life, but by and large those things are missing from my more common, 'ethereal' dreams.
And as I have suggested in some of my columns, science is missing the biggest piece of information that would provide many answers -- our Consciousness. If we were to understand who and what we actually are and our purpose, it would offer us a grate deal more insight into these subjects.
When science is still viewing everything as "persona non grata" without empirical evidence, it is hardly a surprise that there is little exploration into all of these questions of dreams that you have provided.
Great article!
Hi Philip, I absolutely know what you mean!
I've had moods, up and down, that started in dreams and have fed into the following day and beyond. If I'm honest, I also sometimes feel the boundary between dreaming and 'not dreaming' is very fuzzy (I play with this in my meditation). A friend of mine once dreamt that their partner cheated on them and took several days to forgive them!
Also really interesting what you say about "knowing yourself" in dreams. It does make me wonder whether the person we become in our dreams has perhaps been around longer than we think??? Maybe even exists in more than one place, but that's a whole other post!
Thanks for your comments and for sharing, really appreciated x
I have recently taken to catching myself 'dreaming' while I was still awake. In other words, about to fall asleep, realizing I'm dreaming already, but my eyes are still open, and my waking consciousness still primary. It was very odd but very cool to say the least.
I have written extensively about who and what we actually are, and why dreams may be a window into that truth.
https://philipmollica.substack.com/p/consciousness-as-an-action
https://philipmollica.substack.com/p/the-origins-of-the-shift-in-consciousness-2c8