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Discussion => Philosophy, Economics and Justice => Topic started by: Moon Fried on January 26, 2013, 05:04 pm
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Last night was very interesting. The whole evening through the night I had been packing bowls in my new bubbler, while reading Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now" and watching some South Park in between bowls/reading. I didn't stop reading until I really started to doze off... and as I felt myself dozing off, I felt great pleasure and joy. It certainly felt real, like a moment of satori. I woke myself up, and within minutes I was back to myself, slightly refreshed, but still tired. It's funny, because moments before I dozed off, I was practicing some of the methods of feeling present and connected to your inner body, and the feeling is similar... it's just that when sleep comes into play, it makes it more intense, more there.
Finally, the dream came. I'm not sure if you can even call it that. There was only blackness, and I felt communication between a person named Jake, which might be related to one of my close friends. I was communicating with this entity about the knowledge of enlightenment, and how the egoistic mind works. It wasn't a person, and neither was I. It just there. The words weren't just words, they were being felt. I could almost see the words, but at the same time, I couldn't. I couldn't hear anything either. It was just pure communication.
Now I don't want to make it anything more than it is: a dream. So I'm wondering, is it in anyway related to not falling into REM sleep due to being so booted outta my mind? 8) I'm not sure if that's even true, not being able to fall into REM sleep due to being high, but I hear rumors about that a lot. Later that night, my dreams started to change, still kind of related to enlightenment, but mixed with a few mind lurking thoughts. Or is it more than that, but not more than a dream? Just a unique experience? In my opinion, yes, it was a dream, but it was still an experience that felt profound... and what's so different from profound experiences in this reality we live in?
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I had a dream experience involving that book too....
One night, I was dreaming that I was very tired in a bed in my room. The room was wobbly and people were calling my name, but I was just too sleepy and started to fall asleep in my dream! Right as I did, my whole body was awakened by an electric shock feeling that seemed like it came through the window and the first thought that ran through my head was, "This is what if feels like to die!" I woke up in bed and walked around for a little while shaken by the experience. Later, I picked up E.T.'s book and read about a similar experience that he had.
I write down my dreams when I can remember to. I have dreamed about events yet to pass and strange imaginary lands. Sub-c0nsciousness is the playful boundary between awake awareness and deep sleep no awareness of just "being," I guess.
Cheers to the dreamers.