Comments | jurann: Bizarre Realistic Dream

jurann

Bizarre Realistic Dream

Sep 29, 2011 11:25

So last night I had a very strange and oddly realistic (hyper-real) dream about being at a Buddhist temple in Nepal. These particular Buddhists believed that their temple was a special place that could be a gateway to Nirvana that could turn certain types of practicing Buddhists into great spirits to aid the world. The only way to make that ( Read more... )

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terrycloth September 29 2011, 19:37:43 UTC

So your dream is telling you that you don't approve of assisted suicide?

jurann September 29 2011, 21:14:04 UTC

Actually, I -do- believe in assisted suicide for sane, logical, rational reasons such as painful terminal illness... But I mean this KID was 20 and believed in some magical transformation bullshit and a bunch of old monks were encouraging him to throw his life away over a fairy tale... Now THAT sits wrong with me. It's basically the problem I have with all religions that encourage martyrdom and human sacrifice of life.

terrycloth September 29 2011, 21:20:31 UTC

Well, there's martyrdom and sacrifice and there's martyrdom and sacrifice. The version from your dream was pretty pointless and cultish, yeah.

Although, you know, it was a *dream* so maybe it actually worked there? I guess it was one of your dreams so it probably wouldn't. n.n My dreams are full of that stuff, though. One of the earliest dreams I can remember was about turning into a guardian spirit after being killed by nuclear bombs. @.@

sauces September 30 2011, 01:31:34 UTC

Very evocative write-up. The detail of the truck makes it creepier to me.