Medieval Carbonite Freeze

Friday August 2, 2019 1:00pm

Medieval Carbonite Freeze

Individual Protection Segment

I am in a large public facility that is a combination of a transportation hub and a hotel. I am processing myself and my luggage.

I am putting myself through a machine process that creates an ultimate protective unit. I am being converted into a solid box of thick wooden slats banded with a massive (4" thick) cast iron frame. The boards bulge in the middle as I am  converted into wood. The finished product  feels very safe, but very permanent. The result is a 3ft x 3ft x 6in solid piece of wood. As it comes out of the machine, it bulges up to a foot thick as my body is processed into the form. 

         

                                                Star Wars                   Individual Protection

Personal Belongings Segment

I am now standing in front of another  large machine that is designed to pack your bags. There is a large mechanical mechanism that starts with a massive lock.  I discover that it does not have a unique key, buy only a very heavy and unique way to turn the machine on. It takes everything in my compact bag and processes it into organized compartments.

I am helping an attractive woman with the machine, but her possessions are very numerous, poorly organized and not in one bag. She is working on getting them all stuffed into one bag.

We are watching the results from another younger woman whose very numerous possessions are being processed but are overwhelming the machine and becoming disorganized.

Notes: I awoke very happy that I could remember and name the dream elements. I went over the names numerous times before opening my eyes.

What does the dream wnat? Take it to the dream group. I feel like it is related to my struggling getting my shit together (income, intimacy, health).

Dream Life: Dreams ≡ Life

Friday July 12, 2019  1:00pm

Dream Life

Just changed the name of this blog from Carrboro Dreamers to "Dream Life." This change reflects my realizations on the interdependence of dreams and what we call real life or objective reality. I have expressed it logically as Dreams ≡ Life. (x ≡ y means x is defined to be another name for y)
I like to think of  ≡ as Super Equal.

The change of name also reflects that I will be journaling brief  life events in this blog as well. I hope to reserve the domain name,, DreamLife.net and use it going forward as a foundation for my dream work.

Found this image on the web, shout out to...

Kirsten Weinzierl

Blogger and Coach, Obtaining Bliss

https://www.dreamlifeisreallife.com/

Plan it Like a Military Operation

Sunday July 7th, 2019 8:30am

Plan it Like a Military Operation

I am on a campus with many people participating in a training operation for military aviation. I am the pilot in a team that has a very specific mission to perform. We are to extract a small package from the ground as part of the operation.

It is the night before the big event and we are getting together in our teams. I meet my two team members outside on the lawn with many people coming and going. We agree to meet later and finalize our plans.

I am walking around trying to find a good spot to meet and have some ideas based on earlier explorations, including into some places that are likely off limits. I am going through winding hallways, back doors and small nooks to find a place. I realize I don't know where my team members arte. I am now rushing all over trying to find the others. I see all the other grounds settling into their planning sessions. I begin to panic and feel like crying. I  realize the irony in crying at  military operation.

I wake, upset and disappointed. I reflect for a moment and try and reenter the dream. I realize that I can plan the whole operation myself. Including detailed scripts for each participant. Hopefully the others are doing the same. When we find each other we can compare the plans and make last minute corrections.

I wake the second time with a renewed sense or hope based on organization. "Plan it Like a Military Operation."

Notes: The immediate idea that comes to mind is to put a time on each todo item on my list.  Hard to get around. Shit! Being in a large institutional setting and not doing well is a common theme for me. Nice to see a happy ending. I was not able to fully rejoin the dream but greatly benefited from opening myself to the dream's agenda/theme.

What does the dream want? For me to get things done.

After tiny bit of research...from an article on What the Military Can Teach Us About Productivity

1. Make Your Bed

2. Be More Stoic
(The point is that “sometimes, no matter how well you prepare, or how well you perform, you still end up as a sugar cookie*… if you want to change the world, get over being a sugar cookie, and keep moving forward”.)

3. Find Your Battle Rhythm

4. Tackle Small Tasks Right Now (Less than 5 minutes)

5. Keep Going (A circus was two hours of additional calisthenics, designed to wear you down, to break your spirit, to force you to quit. During the training period everyone went to the Circus. The interesting thing, however, was that those students who were routinely invited to the Circus became stronger and faster: The pain of the Circus built inner strength and physical resiliency.)

Increasing Your Productivity 

(The military’s approach to productivity: To turn up and do the work, no matter what,)

* For failing uniform inspection, the student had to run fully clothed into the surf zone. Then, wet from head to toe, roll around on the beach until every part of your body was covered with sand… you stayed in the uniform the rest of the day: cold, wet, and sandy. The effect was known as sugar cookie.

Clueless at School

Thursday May 30, 2019  1:15pm

Clueless at School

I am getting dressed and preparing to go to college classes. I am wearing  a coat, commo bottom and some sort of shirt. As I review each class I realize I have barely gone to class and am clueless as to what is going on. I imagine the teachers perspective and don't see a way they can pass me, even if they wanted to. I woke feeling sad.

Note: This is a repeating dream theme I have had many times.

What does the dream want?  For me to get organized and productive. I felt much better during the day as I made plans for being productive. So far, done some shopping for things to organize the house but no real progress.

Climbing Party Street

Wednesday May 15, 2019 10:25am

Climbing Party Street

I am on a night on the town with a female friend. We are pub crawling, but it is exptime. Every step we take is climbing stairs and pushing through bodies pressed together in a continuous crowd. I recognize that I have been here before (pre-lucid?). There is something dangerously mystical about the place.

I loose my friend in the crowd. I find myself following Cindy through the crowd. She takes some turns and steps up that are impossible to follow and I lose her as well. I wake excited about dreaming after another series of dreams.

Notes: Excited by details and familiarity of the dream scene.  Want to go back to previous lucid encounters in a similar space.

What does the dream want? Know that I am lost in my loneliness. Hope for future dreaming.

Miniature Dreaming Facilitator

Monday May 11, 2019 12:25 pm

Miniature Dreaming  Facilitator

I am talking with a friend and colleague. We are handling and discussing the new Dream Makers (made up name after the dream) I just completed. They are like the regular models, but tiny. They fit in your hand.  We are joking what would happen if you deployed them like a regular one. An example was what would happen if you put one under a car tire. The normal one would act like a friction mat, the new tiny one would be a tiny joke.

It was not clear if the tiny ones would actually work under some circumstances. We were just making jokes about how silly they would be in many deployments.

Notes: Until I went to write down the dream, it was not clear how dream logic based the whole idea was.  It made perfect sense in the dream and for a while afterwards. I was clueless as to the absurd nature of the devices.

What does the dream want?  For me to get my act together and learn to lucid dream.

Roofless Facility in the Woods, Multiple Scenes Drifting In and Out

Friday May 10, 2019 (Dreams form 6:30 to 11:00a m)

Roofless Facility in the Woods
Multiple Scenes Drifting In and Out

I am walking through a large multi-room facility. It is on a hill in the woods. The walls are 10+ feet made of concrete. The floor is grass and slopes with the hill. There is no roof or ceiling. There are many people walking around. I am not part of the group.

I try and engage a man to see what is going on. I stand right next to him briefly. He is naked. He does not respond to my presence.

I see a man only inches away from his face. I am startled by the clarity.

I see a woman, possibly naked, She is next to a second person that looks like her but has steel mechanics on the inside of he muth. I get the idea that this scene is about suicide and become afraid.

I am in a bed with Cindy. We she is trying to call her parents. The call is not going through and I realize she is using the base unit to one of the devices that are scattered about the facility. Another piece clicks on top and it acts like a handheld computer of some sort. This realization makes me fearful.

I am looking at the crystal clear scene of a woman talking. I am very close. I realize I can not here her voice. As I drink back and forth into the dream I can hear her voice very distinctly. (I can remember it even now).

I wake from the series of dreams very upbeat and energetic.

Notes: 500mg Choline x1, 4mg Galatimine x2.  I am taking the clarityj of some of the scenes and the going back into the dream and hearing a voice (after requesting it) a precusor to a lucid dream.  NEED TO MEDITATE!!!

What does the dream want? For me to become lucid.