Aug 20 2007
Dream: All Shade, No Meaning
I had this dream.
In the dream I was walking.
It was night.
The sidewalks looked flat in the light of the moon.
The bushes and trees in the yards were blurry and soft.
A cat dashed out from under a bush, ran across the empty street.
It looked black. All cats are black in the dark.
It was a boring dream.
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Interesting. Most of my dreams I am inside a huge building of some variety.
Speedcat: well, at least YOU found it interesting. In my case I woke up thinking, “That was all you could come up with?”
I have always recalled my dreams (at least within waking if not later in the day!) and have lately tried to see if I could “control” a dream as in Lucid Dreaming. I have had moments when I’m in the dream and aware that hey, I’m…dreaming. A VERY long time ago I remember thinking, Hey, since I’m in a dreamworld, I should be able to imagine that I could fly. This was kinda funny and very indicative of how “powerful” I felt at hmm, age maybe 23? I was able to “hover” about 3 feet off the ground and didn’t get much speed. I hope to do better the next time!
During a difficult time in my life, I had a dream about a sink full of dirty dishes and dirty water. It reflected my life. Interesting.
Jake: Sometimes the subconscious tells it to you straight, huh? The symbolism here isn’t too tricky! As opposed to some dream that leaves you puzzled:
Uh, so the old-fashioned black rotary phone ringing in the middle of the desert means…?? and the child riding on the back of a giant hamster symbolizes ???
I’ve gotten those “need to clean” type dreams, too.
I hope you don’t have more dirty dishes show up
Dreams? Dreams? Tell me of this concept called “dreams” that are not things you consciously wish to have happen.
You don’t just go from being awake, to a discontinuity, to back awake? You remember something happening in there? But, it didn’t really happen?
Odd.
And you say this happens with most people?
For the subtle impaired, I don’t typically recall my dreams. (assuming I do have them every night.) At a guess, I would say I remember them 3 or 4 times a year.
It is what it is.