Today has been mostly uneventful. I’m preparing to move
tomorrow, so much of what I own is in storage. The monkish living is a truly strange
experience. If you haven’t tried it you should. Just pack everything up, stick
it in the garage, and live in your empty house or apartment for a week. You
will begin to feel closer to the Buddha and enlightenment and then you begin
jonesing for your television or your sock puppets and you will run to the
garage and retrieve all your beloved possessions and vow never to think of the
Buddha or enlightenment again.
Anyway, I had strange, detailed dreams last night that left
me feeling strange once I had awoken. I don’t specifically remember the dreams
now but it got me thinking on the topic. I have intense, detailed dreams all
the time. They are usually complete with plot and conflict and characters and
rife with emotions. They even come in color! I wish I could remember the dreams and use them in my work
but alas they leave me when I wake. I think I want to write something about
dreams or the dream world. I just haven’t decided what that will be.
Do any of you have strange dreams that linger with you after
you wake up? Do you dream in color or black and white? Do you think dreams have
meaning or do you think they are just random neurological firings?
