Dreams

Why do dreams sometimes appear as nightmares? We fear the unknown. Uncertainty makes us anxious. It is also why we often discard dreams as nonsense. They don’t conform to our neat boxes of rationality. They are the genie which refuses to stay inside the lamp of logic. Dreaming is our more honest way of being – an uncensored state, where thoughts manifest as actions and emotions flare as colour. When we dream, we glimpse inside a compressed time capsule – intention instantly translates into motion and the gap between cause and effect is closed. This too can be frightening. Can we accept responsibility if our wishes come true?

— Wayne Visser

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