I know that this sounds quite ominous, but I am only referencing that point when a person goes from dreaming to not dreaming. As of late my dreams have been simply stopping during my sleep. Much like when a movie runs out, after my dream has finished there is simply a blankness that follows till I wake. This has started me thinking that dreams may have a set course. Sure there are plenty of times when dreams are interrupted by a loud noise, a gentle shake from a hand, or the slight nip or an insect, but what if they had kept going. I recall having dreams interrupted and having the same dream again after returning to sleep. It was like restarting the film, and this time the dream kept going.
Other times my dreams seem to force me to wake up. Many times on of my dreams will turn and give me a hard shake or push me over and the next thing I know I am sitting straight up in my bed wondering how I got from my dream scape to there. It's times like this that make me wonder if it is really my subconscious that creates my dreams, or something else entirely.
Most academics stand by the idea that dreams are created by subconscious thoughts. If this is true, my subconscious is far more observant and informed.
I once thought that perhaps, while we sleep, the human mind could expand and dominate restrictions that our physical body had forced upon it. Perhaps, without our body focused on unconscious survival, our minds opened and connected across time and space into a everlasting flood of knowledge and experiences. The idea of two minds connecting in such a way is bewildering, but the connection of all conscious and unconscious thought could be the reason that so many of our dreams are so alien to us. The thoughts and ideas that we dream are not just our own.
Into the universe of magical moments of madness and the deep darkness of delight.
interesting idea! like the internet is a place to exchange information world wide and so dreaming is a similar state, we just have to go to sleep (connect)?
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