The Ghost Writer

  There is a ghostwriter behind a number of your dreams. I was reminded of this when a very creative person recently told me her dreams. I was amazed to see, yet again, how her natural creativity and talent was coupled with that of the Dream giver to create amazing dream experiences. One specific thing that she said when describing her dreams was that they were “magnificent” and when she begins to transition into sleep she will often hear the sounds of orchestral instruments tuning up in preparation of the dream masterpiece that is to soon follow.  This dreamer then went on to describe things like a dodecahedron (a three dimensional shape having twelve sides) tree house. and a red Chinese sea dragon whose scales turned into coins when she grabbed them. Incredible! The dreamer began with her imagination, but when coupled to the imagination of the Dream giver things went to a whole different level.

Train Wreck

  A creative friend of mine told me about one of his dreams once. He was observing everything as if watching a news program. The narrator told of a train crash in a tunnel. It had caved in, blocking both the entrance and exit to the tunnel with dirt and rock. Then he watched as some survivors of the train crash found a metal pipe big enough to walk into. They were convinced that this was their escape because they could feel the fresh air pouring through the pipe. Thing was, the pipe began to get smaller and smaller as they it climbed to the surface, which made their journey very cramped and uncomfortable. As it turned out, the narrator told the dreamer the survivors all had this belief that went something like this… if your head can fit through, your body can fit. He watched their journey to the surface get more and more cramped and suddenly he was taken to the surface and shown where the pipe cited on the surface. He got a close up of an opening to a small pipe just big enough to fit around a persons face. They were stuck and suffocating.

Retelling

My friend told me this dream from memory more than a decade ago, as did I. As of today, I can’t say that I’ve cracked the mystery of this dream, but I’ve always felt that it carries a certain weight. It appears to be a simple dream at first, but as it goes along and we’re given inside information about the survivor’s belief (that ends up being a lie) and their fate is known, I could literally feel myself getting short of breath.

Dreams like these, that carry a gut punch of an ending, demand to be remembered and explored further.

Unlimited Dreams

  When the Ghostwriter partners with our dreams they are affected in many different ways. He could dial up the creativity level, or punch up the ending. There really is no limit to how our dreams can be affected.

  There’s no limit to how your dreams can be affected tonight.

EB