Exotic Terrain: No Passport Required (CV)
exotic |igˈzätik|
adjective
originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country • attractive or striking because colorful or out of the ordinary
• of a kind not used for ordinary purposes or not ordinarily encountered
Yes, dreams can seem exotic: Blue ponies, house-sized cats, fluorescent bees; dreams contain images and landscapes that are certainly outside of our ordinary waking existence.
Although we sleep for 1/3 of our lives, and dream for much of that time, still we too often treat dreams as exotic, meaning distant or foreign. We exile them from day-to-day conversation or consideration because they are bizarre, seemingly inexplicable, and inconsistent with our rational world view.
And what is the opposite of exotic? Ordinary, normal, intrinsic, integral and essential. This is the familiar land where dreams belong.
But how do we get there? How does the exotic become ordinary and intrinsic? Familiarity, is the bridge. Take a moment to write your dreams down. Draw a picture of a dream image. Wear pink today because you dreamed about pink last night.
Invite your dreams to the breakfast table. Ask someone what they dreamed last night. Tell them about yours.
Enjoy the exotic scenery in your dreams, yes, but don’t forget … you don’t need a passport to get to the land where they are formed. They are after all, yours: your country of creativity, wisdom, and enchantment. Your home.
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Yes, my dreams often seem exotic. Great food for thought!
I like your suggestion of wearing the colour of your dreams.
Great ideas! I love to try to “force” dreams by thinking of certain things as
I gear up for sleep.
you’re right, I don’t need to travel, I only need to remember my dreams!
And it’s so much cheaper than airfare 🙂 That’s a fine incentive to working on dream recall, isn’t it? 🙂
I wish I rembered my dreams…. I know I have many, but remember them seldomly.
Thank you for stopping by, Gisella. Try putting a pad and pen beside your bed and give yourself a minute or two to lie in bed and try to re-call your dreams before even opening your eyes in the morning … then write down anything you remember, even if it’s just a mood or color … before you know it you’ll be remembering dreams. Let me know how it goes!
I can’t wait to get enough sleep, so that I can dream. Not enough sleep these days with an infant.
Yes, there’s a different kind of dreaming we do when we have babies in the house, isn’t there 🙂
love that interpretation… ♪♫ it’s a free world (after all)♪♪♫, the dream world…
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you are right and your words are so true … great interpretation !!