Dreamer
"Be both the dream and the dreamer." I read this in a horoscope recently. Not even my horoscope, but my theory is that it's just as useful (or meaningless) to glance at the list of horoscopes and see which one jumps out at you. You know, resonate outside the box, don't always read the same horoscope month.
So what does it mean to be both the dreamer and the dream? You could give a concrete explanation, such as an architect that designs a home for herself. She's both the designer and the occupant of her own design. She'd doing it consciously, thinking, well I'd like the kitchen here and an extra bathroom there ... literally building a dream.
You could get a bit more spiritual and compare it to building your life through your desires and decisions. You make certain choices while living your life that affect the future you in ways you won't find out until more time passes. You're living your life and designing it simultaneously, albeit in the dark. (At least the architect got to see floor plans of what she was designing.) But while some decisions are made subconsciously, most of us make many of them after "rational" consideration, based on prior experience.
Another way to look at this is to consider the dream world itself. Is a a "real" world of some kind? Are there any rules of life that apply, as in our waking lives? (Not in my dreams, although yours might be different.) "Being the dream" seems easy; you fall asleep and your mind does its weird thing for a while with you in a staring role. But what does "being the dreamer" mean? Simply that you're the one who fell asleep and is having the dream? Providing brain cells for it to happen?
Or does being the dreamer suggest that we're designing our dream lives like we do our waking lives? Some people believe that says we can control our dreams (the whole school of magical realism espouses this), although it may take a lot of work and training to do so. If we can design them, that supposes we have a purpose for the dreams, something we want to accomplish with them. Do we?
Another explanation might be that we should project our dreams into our waking lives. Daydream about what we would like to do, accomplish, or have. Focus on the outcome, without worrying about all the steps in between. Or maybe we should even try to do things in the waking world while still in a dream.
Topic for the Week: What do you think "Be both the dream and the dreamer" means?
So what does it mean to be both the dreamer and the dream? You could give a concrete explanation, such as an architect that designs a home for herself. She's both the designer and the occupant of her own design. She'd doing it consciously, thinking, well I'd like the kitchen here and an extra bathroom there ... literally building a dream.
You could get a bit more spiritual and compare it to building your life through your desires and decisions. You make certain choices while living your life that affect the future you in ways you won't find out until more time passes. You're living your life and designing it simultaneously, albeit in the dark. (At least the architect got to see floor plans of what she was designing.) But while some decisions are made subconsciously, most of us make many of them after "rational" consideration, based on prior experience.
Another way to look at this is to consider the dream world itself. Is a a "real" world of some kind? Are there any rules of life that apply, as in our waking lives? (Not in my dreams, although yours might be different.) "Being the dream" seems easy; you fall asleep and your mind does its weird thing for a while with you in a staring role. But what does "being the dreamer" mean? Simply that you're the one who fell asleep and is having the dream? Providing brain cells for it to happen?
Or does being the dreamer suggest that we're designing our dream lives like we do our waking lives? Some people believe that says we can control our dreams (the whole school of magical realism espouses this), although it may take a lot of work and training to do so. If we can design them, that supposes we have a purpose for the dreams, something we want to accomplish with them. Do we?
Another explanation might be that we should project our dreams into our waking lives. Daydream about what we would like to do, accomplish, or have. Focus on the outcome, without worrying about all the steps in between. Or maybe we should even try to do things in the waking world while still in a dream.
Topic for the Week: What do you think "Be both the dream and the dreamer" means?