The Knowledge

In one of my past lives I considered myself somewhat of a poet. And by past life I mean this one just many years ago. Anyway, one of the subjects I wrote about were my dreams. Here is one from 1999 called The Knowledge.

Beware the force known as The Knowledge
It's coming for you to get to me
I'll protect you with this disc
That expands to enclose you
While the gun enlarges as its loaded

What happened in this dream was I was being chased by a black and formless entity known as The Knowledge. To protect those I loved I had this disc that when placed under them would expand and encircle them to protect them. To fight The Knowledge I had a gun that loaded kind of like a shotgun. Each time I placed a new shell in it the gun got bigger. Then I woke up.

The Lecture, The Roller Coaster and The Car

I've had 3 dreams since my last post so let's catch up.

In the first one I was having sex but I didn't want to have sex because it was during some kind of lecture and I didn't want to get caught. A new twist on the old standby of being naked at school I guess.

In the second dream I was using a computer program that designed roller coasters. Kind of like those design your own theme park games but not as advanced. For some reason my brother kept looking over my shoulder.

Lastly I dreamed that I was driving a car all around the country. The car could be folded up so small that it could  be put in my pocket. At one point I was driving the car but I was incapable of opening my eyes while the car was in motion. Luckily there were no crashes. Also the car and myself had the ability to shrink so I could escape from any situation undetected. On my cross country tip I was giving away free t-shirts to anybody who helped me although I don't know what the t-shirts said. I do remember they were white with red and black lettering. Eventually I had to give the car back to the company or agency that developed it but in return I was given a wheelchair that could traverse any ground and I could do some awesome tricks with it even though I did not need a wheelchair.

Old Oven

Last I dreamt but it was very fragmented. The one thing that sticks out about the dream was that I was in my childhood bedroom but as an adult. In the closet was an old style gas oven. Circa the 1970's I would say. Something was being cooked in it but I don't know what. It was hot and the clothes in my closet kept falling on it and I was worried about everything catching fire.

There was also a part of the dream where I was driving a school bus but I don't remember much about that part of it.

Grade School

Last night I had a dream that I was back in grade school. It was modern times but I was grade school age. I was in the school bathroom urinating for what seemed like forever. A teacher even came in to make sure I wasn't just screwing around. After I finished urinating I looked down and the tip of my penis was in the urinal. However that didn't seem to bother me. I guess it grows back.

After I was done I was able to use my 'super power' that is recurring in my dream. It's a pretty poor super power too. In my dreams I have the ability to skate across any surface no matter what the surface or what kind of footwear I'm wearing.

Anyway I skated to the main office where they said they were not going to entrust me with a device that could possibly shut down the entire school system even though in the dream I was the resident kid genius. Then I woke up.

Dio: Evil Eyes

No dream last night that I recall. However today I bring to you the one man who in my opinion was the most talented in bringing dreams to life, Ronnie James Dio.

The song Evil Eyes I thought had great dream-like lyrics.

The Divorce

Last night I dreamed that my parents got divorced. The reason this is strange is because in the waking world my parents were strict Catholics and never divorced and my dad passed away some time ago. I frequently have dreams where my dad is still alive since he passed away. I don't know why because it's not like I have a longing for my dad to return or anything.

Anyway in the dream my parents were divorced. My mom got a beautiful new house out of the deal and it was only one street over from the house I grew up in. My dad on the other hand was still living in the house I grew up in. The only problem with that was that the house had become old and was falling apart. My dad desperately tried to keep the house in good shape but he just couldn't keep up with it. I kept urging my dad to sell the house and cut his losses but being as stubborn as he was he refused to sell the house in case he got back together with my mom.

I don't know what the dream meant. Then again I don't go looking for meanings in dreams. Dreams are just that, dreams. Most times they have no meaning and are meant just to be enjoyed or experienced.

It begins...

Back in the late 80s/early 90s I collected comic books. There were two comic books that were must haves in my collection. The first one was The Question because of its gritty urban crime drama mixed with Zen Buddhism. The other, as I'm sure you've surmised by now, was Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. I've always had a fascination with dreams so this choice was a no brainer.

I've recently had the pleasure of re-reading the complete collections of both series. Unfortunately The Question did not hold up over time however The Sandman has not only aged remarkably but being 20 years older than the last time I read it was even better than the first time.

I've always been kicking around the idea of starting a blog about my dreams. With this new inspiration I have finally decided to put this plan into motion.

Not only will this blog be a frank discussion of my dreams but it will also have other dream related material as well as we don't always remember our dreams every morning.