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Dreaming Yourself Awake



Last night I spent several hours working on my “novel” and then went to sleep only to continue working on it. Whatever headspace I got myself into with the whole thing must have really worked, because I spent the whole night fitfully configuring and reconfiguring ideas, events and character in my head. And I lived out new scenes experimentally as well. It was pretty wild. But it wasn’t very restful. In fact, now that I am awake again, I feel much more “at rest” than when I was still asleep. My mind has quieted back down to a manageable level and I can begin to see the utility of “waking consciousness” and the ways in which it inhibits the mind. I never thought I’d say that.

Anyway, I’m off to the store and the bank and other mundane activities to keep myself sane and somehow connected to the “real” world. Ciao!

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2 Reader Responses

  1. Tim Boucher Says:
    December 14th, 2006 at 7:53 pm

    This is fairly interesting although perhaps unrelated:

    http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-te...r/the-awakening-of-consciousness.html

    Whosoever awakens the consciousness can no longer dream; here in this physical plane or in the internal worlds. Whosoever awakens the consciousness stops dreaming. Whosoever awakens the consciousness becomes a competent investigator of the superior worlds.

  2. alistair Says:
    December 15th, 2006 at 3:35 pm

    interesting. i am in conversation with a friend who dreams the most intense dreams imaginable and i have little to add from my experience because i don`t remember my dreams except rarely when i`m in challenging situations. i think it`s because i put so much energy into visualisation and self-determination that maybe the dreams are spurious……….
    the rare time i do dream it`s after a business meeting where i`m trying to parse the intent of the client or prospect.

    or maybe my “waking” life is my dream……………..



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