Interdasting... I certainly agree with that aspect though; How many of us are aware. Our subconcious is reacting to what is basically the fabric of our existence (society, government, economy and in some cases [like with Neutrinos] the laws of physics themselves) deteriorating at an alarming rate.
As for dreams being important I'm convinced that they are already, although some bolstering wouldn't hurt. There have been a number of 'pseudo-prophetic' dreams I've had in the past as well as my wife. About this time last year I had a fender bender, and with the economy slowly tearing itself to shreds here in the US I had been too poor to properly repair my car. There wasn't much damage honestly, all I needed to do was repair a headlight housing and bend my tented hood back into position however, despite my attempts it had not gone down fully leaving a gap of eh... I'd say 2.5inches... Fast forward a few months and I get a text from my wife telling me to be 'extremely careful driving home' that day since she had awoke from a nightmare in which I had crashed and died... Later that day on my way home sure enough the wind picked up and the hood of my car whipped up and smashed my windshield 0__0
So I've come to realize with that alone that there's more to dreams than just one's imagination or recalling the day's events. *Note unfortunately here at work the link you posted is apparently blocked due to 'Illegal Drugs'... wow...
Also, I'm not sure if I'm the only one or not but often times I ponder to myself why all of this has come to be... I guess that's not a very good description... In idle times I find myself imagining sumerian hunter/gatherer doing his/her thing hunting and gathering and all of a sudden he/she decides to build a car and get a job and pay his/her fair share of taxes and etc. Just makes you wonder why. As in why this is all the way it is even though we knew it had all been for naught, yknow? =P
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 951075 Wow, AC, that's an amazing dream story!! I dread to think what might have happened to you if you hadn't been forewarned, yes?
And as to why it's gotten this way . . . it's a long story - hah! It wasn't too long ago that a bad harvest would put many of us in fear for our lives . . . think of what the 1930's were for so many people, and the huge impact it had on the economy. We are still at the mercy of the natural world, and I think we would do anything -
anything - to change that.
So a lot of what we are facing now is the result of injustices - after all, most of the world has had to live with very little while we (in the West) have taken far more than our fair share.
And we are living with unintended consequences of our technologies - even if all we wanted was to ensure that we had enough to eat, clothing, shelter that would keep us warm in the winter - so that we wouldn't die!! - well, here is where it has got us.
. . . and there is another thing we have lost touch with as the millennia rolled by - our inner life, ecstatic rituals, shamanic practices - practices that kept us in touch with a living, breathing cosmos, practices that taught us who we are, why we are here, what the meaning of our lives is. Without that, we have turned outward and tried to satisfy this inner hunger by things - careers, success, houses, cars, gizmos and gadgets. We need to satisfy our inner longing with appropriate food - good, nourishing, spiritual food.
The link, btw, is
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link to www.youtube.com]
I promise you there is nothing about drugs there!! Although you may have to watch it at home . . .
Through the long course of human development, we gain a little here, and lose it there, and try to balance and rebalance . . . it is just that this particular moment in the history of the world, we are turning another corner. It feels really uncomfortable right now when we can't see where we are going, and we don't like where we are.
But it will change . . . nothing spectacular - no 'omg now our consciousness is transformed!' moment, but bit by bit, as we relearn and reclaim some of the things we forgot and lost - and learn something that are brand new.
Almost time to go home, eh? Hope that made the afternoon go faster!
