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So, I've been having this snippet of a dream lately.
Yes, I know, most people say that they've had a dream. They will then tell you the whole dream. Invariably, it's described almost like a movie, having a definite beginning, middle, and end. Just add popcorn, and you've got a whole night's entertainment at home.
I, on the other hand, very rarely remember my dreams. It has to be a very vivid dream (or nightmare) for me to remember it in the morning. So, by the very virtue of my remembering it, this snippet is pretty unusual. But it seems like I can also partially recall it during the day, almost like a daydream or something.
There are some dreams that are nearly universal. That is to say, nearly everyone has had one of these dreams at least once in their lives. The details are different, but nearly everyone has a dream in common with someone else.
My, that sounds almost profound, doesn't it?
Anyway, my dream is that I am falling. I'm falling from a very great height, so I'm not in any great danger of splatting on the ground after only a few seconds. No, we're talking thousands and thousands of feet in the air. I'm not really scared, though. I get the feeling that I've just jumped from an aircraft of some kind. Why I would jump from a perfectly good aircraft to fall thousands of feet is beyond me. I also am not wearing a parachute of any kind.
Now that's weird.
That's weird because I'm not really worried about that sudden stop at the end of my fall. No, I get the feeling that I'm leaving an aircraft and falling from a great height as part of my job description. I'm doing this because I have to do it, not because I want to do it. But while I'm falling, I'm looking around and enjoying the scenery while I'm falling.
So, to sum up, I'm dreaming about jumping from a great height without a parachute, simply because I needed to and without worrying about the end result.
Okay, you don't have to be an Einstein (or even an Eisenstein) to figure out what my subconscious (or whatever) is trying to tell me. The unknown is frightening to us, extremely scary and causing a lot of stress to most people. I read somewhere that a major change in lifestyle is the leading cause of stress in most Americans. The only problem is, what change do I need to make, according to my subconscious (or whatever)? I don't know, I don't seem to recall anything in my dream that would help me out here.
Besides, dreams like these are usually fluff, things that your brain throws out for whatever reason of its own. But still, I can't discount something like that too quickly.
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