-Tardy quote: "Lafayette, we are here!"-
Had some good, memorable dreams last night, including one in which I became lucid (boy, that woke me up real fast). Unfortunately, I sort of had to choose between continuing the dream and maintaining lucidity, so I lost the lucidness pretty quickly. It was triggered when I did this jumping thing that I often do in dreams: where I jump, then before hitting the ground, jump again, so I gradually get higher and higher and get to soar around near the ceiling. It's rather exhilirating, especially when coupled with actually managing to realize I was dreaming for a few short seconds.
Did the silliest thing last night, when I was brushing my teeth (well, actually before it). I have a Sonicare toothbrush, so it requires a little assembly before use; the head of the brush gets screwed onto the rechargeable base. The head of the brush comes with a transparent bristle cover. I brush my teeth in the dark.
So I assembled my toothbrush, only to realize that I hadn't flossed yet, so I went over and flossed, leaving the brush leaning on the edge of the sink. Then I came back to it and got the toothpaste out.
As I applied the toothpaste, I was mildly surprised that the bristles seemed to be going on longer than usual. I have to use the fairly small bristle cluster (I have a small mouth), so this was a bit puzzling. Yet more puzzling, when I pulled the toothpaste tube up, to finish off a nearly perfect swirl of toothpaste (in fact, I was rather proud of how nice it turned out, no droopy mess like it generally is), my finger bumped something hard.
How strange, I thought, why are the bristles so hard??. I pulled up the brush to look at them closer, see if they needed to be rinsed or something.
It was then, of course, that I noticed that I had put that beautiful blob of toothpaste all over the top of the unremoved bristle cover. Life does have its small despondencies.
Remember to reality check.
6 years ago
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The dream jumping is rather interesting to me. I can remember falling and waking up, and flying (freedom) is also very common in everyones dreams, but this jumping seems very controlled. You mention a ceiling which would indicate some sort of confinement.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't seem to be about wanting to burst free from something, but a more subtle need to have more controlled freedom within a certain aspect of your life?
Yes, I have noticed that my "flying" is very constrained. I always have to work at it (as opposed to other people I've talked to that are just able to fly without any effort) by continuing to jump, and often by pushing off against a wall. The rare times that I'm doing this outdoors, I always have a wall or post that I am brushing my hand against as I go.
ReplyDeleteI notice that the person who says he flies without effort in his dreams (my younger brother) in general tends to be the less competitive, calmer sibling. Perhaps I have to work at it because I'm ever trying to control aspects of my life, where he seems to just takes life pretty much as it's given.