September 14, 2008
Detox n reconstruct
I often see dreams as a process of good riddance to the excess (and mostly unconstructive) emotions or thoughts that we either consciously or subconciously put into our mind everyday. It's like mind-detox programme. Totally essential for our conscious sanity. Especially if the dream is so emotionally intense that you wake up feeling tired and spent instead of rested and recharged.
Sometimes, I find myself dreaming while still in a dream. That's, honestly, something that I've never quite been able to fathom till recent years. Then, I thought that if you know you are dreaming, maybe you can control the outcome of the dream. Well, at least, the intensity of it. Maybe then, I can make use of my own dreams to relieve me of certain emotional burdens? Or perhaps, even fulfil some secret wishes? Haha... *wink*
The point is, I take dreams quite seriously. Not 'serious' in the sense that I think they are reliable omens or glimpses into the future. I don't, at all, think so. But, 'seriously' as in, I try to think about what's the use of me having a particular dream, especially if the details are so fine and real that I can recall them hours after waking up. I try to understand what has been flushed from the sewage piping of my mind. Occasionally, I try to make myself believe in my own interpretation so that I can mark that rubbish as good riddance.
It's all quite fun. Tiring, once or twice. Nevertheless, like everything else, it just takes practice.
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 18:49