Dreaming of Dreams: Romantic Idealism at Its Strongest
"I'd like to hope that one day I'll be able to lay down to sleep and dream an eternal dream where the rigors of life are but a memory past and the joys of life are the rays of sunshine that forever light my way through the quiet, winding road of eternity."
This is another random thing I wrote for an AIM profile of mine. Occasionally, if the mood hits me, I'll write random creative pieces like this for things. I probably wrote this one ages ago (at least 2-3 months), probably during a moment of depression when I recalled the random idea I had over a year ago. The idea blossomed out of one of my multiple story ideas, and it pertained to the metaphysical nature of dreams. Basically, the theory in the story was that dreams, never having a real beginning (because they don't exist) can never have a real end (because they don't exist and thus cannot end). On this premise, dreams are eternal, but since they never truly exist (at least for our reality), their existence and eternality are inconsequential to the metaphysical quality and continuance of our reality. In layman's terms, dreams last forever without posing any threat to the natural order of things.
The implications of this concept (once I ascertained it) were numerous, but amounted to little more than a trivial fancy that danced around in the back of my mind. It was a fun concept that allowed me to further enhance the metaphysical concept of dreams as they appear in my Kylis Fers book series (and potentially other future book series as well). Dreams have always been a source of fascination for me (even though they are technically little more than the mind sorting through itself while a person sleeps), and in literature and stories they can become immense devices through which many different things can be conveyed. Mythology and religion is filled with divine dreams coming to those mortals who need the dream as a catalyst for action towards some greater end. Dreams are the stuff of legend, for both the individual and the more collective consciousness of humanity.
Dreams are so persistently tantalizing for humans because the potential imagination and wonder found in them is boundless (this represents little more than the boundless potential of the human mind, though most people just don't realize it). Moreover, they represent occasions where people can experience some of the greatest joys (and unfortunately, for some dreamers, their greatest fears) their minds can conceive. Theoretically, if one were able to pass from this world (and thus this consciousness) while dreaming a grand dream, they would meet their eternal aspect (meaning the eternal root from which the plant of their humanity grew) in a happy way, thus securing a feeling of happiness for all eternity.
While this represents some kind of dreamy idealism, it's strikes a chord with the imagination and hope within all of us human beings. In a way, dreams are the dreams of human beings (if this statement is paradoxical, it's because typed-text can't convey the necessary intonation on the second dreams, indicating that the second dreams refers more to the conscious aspirations than the unconscious aspiration of the human mind). And since dreams are dreams (no intonation this time, both reference the unconscious sort of dreams), you can dream of dreams with unlimited potential (like the kind I recently described), and thus find a way to be caught up in your own self-created dream heaven. Once again, this is an extremely idealistic perception of dreams (and is not meant to be taken as a serious object of human endeavors), but is meant for an entertainment and spiritual value that would hopefully lift up human spirits when they are down.
Now you are at the root of the purpose behind that quote that I wrote. In moments of misery, we sometimes want nothing more than to be able to drift into a beautiful dream filled with unbridled hope and joy, and seizing the timelessness of a nonexistent entity (dreams have no qualitative existence with regards to our world), fade into eternal peace and obscurity. When life gets you down, pray that you may be able to dream vivid dreams, if only for the brief escape from the challenges of the conscious world.
This is another random thing I wrote for an AIM profile of mine. Occasionally, if the mood hits me, I'll write random creative pieces like this for things. I probably wrote this one ages ago (at least 2-3 months), probably during a moment of depression when I recalled the random idea I had over a year ago. The idea blossomed out of one of my multiple story ideas, and it pertained to the metaphysical nature of dreams. Basically, the theory in the story was that dreams, never having a real beginning (because they don't exist) can never have a real end (because they don't exist and thus cannot end). On this premise, dreams are eternal, but since they never truly exist (at least for our reality), their existence and eternality are inconsequential to the metaphysical quality and continuance of our reality. In layman's terms, dreams last forever without posing any threat to the natural order of things.
The implications of this concept (once I ascertained it) were numerous, but amounted to little more than a trivial fancy that danced around in the back of my mind. It was a fun concept that allowed me to further enhance the metaphysical concept of dreams as they appear in my Kylis Fers book series (and potentially other future book series as well). Dreams have always been a source of fascination for me (even though they are technically little more than the mind sorting through itself while a person sleeps), and in literature and stories they can become immense devices through which many different things can be conveyed. Mythology and religion is filled with divine dreams coming to those mortals who need the dream as a catalyst for action towards some greater end. Dreams are the stuff of legend, for both the individual and the more collective consciousness of humanity.
Dreams are so persistently tantalizing for humans because the potential imagination and wonder found in them is boundless (this represents little more than the boundless potential of the human mind, though most people just don't realize it). Moreover, they represent occasions where people can experience some of the greatest joys (and unfortunately, for some dreamers, their greatest fears) their minds can conceive. Theoretically, if one were able to pass from this world (and thus this consciousness) while dreaming a grand dream, they would meet their eternal aspect (meaning the eternal root from which the plant of their humanity grew) in a happy way, thus securing a feeling of happiness for all eternity.
While this represents some kind of dreamy idealism, it's strikes a chord with the imagination and hope within all of us human beings. In a way, dreams are the dreams of human beings (if this statement is paradoxical, it's because typed-text can't convey the necessary intonation on the second dreams, indicating that the second dreams refers more to the conscious aspirations than the unconscious aspiration of the human mind). And since dreams are dreams (no intonation this time, both reference the unconscious sort of dreams), you can dream of dreams with unlimited potential (like the kind I recently described), and thus find a way to be caught up in your own self-created dream heaven. Once again, this is an extremely idealistic perception of dreams (and is not meant to be taken as a serious object of human endeavors), but is meant for an entertainment and spiritual value that would hopefully lift up human spirits when they are down.
Now you are at the root of the purpose behind that quote that I wrote. In moments of misery, we sometimes want nothing more than to be able to drift into a beautiful dream filled with unbridled hope and joy, and seizing the timelessness of a nonexistent entity (dreams have no qualitative existence with regards to our world), fade into eternal peace and obscurity. When life gets you down, pray that you may be able to dream vivid dreams, if only for the brief escape from the challenges of the conscious world.
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