I hold my dreams lightly

This was something I said in a dream, and I said it trying to describe how my dreams are always so close to the surface, and very real. Have you ever Charles De Lint? In his books, his characters can go into this dream world that is every much as real as theirs. They have full lives there, dreaming is just the way that some of them get in.

I feel this way about my dreams. Sometimes I feel as though I am watching a movie (these tend to be my really violent dreams), other times, I am living and breathing in this dream world, and it feels just as real as the waking one. I will wake up and want to hold on to dreams that captivated me only to find them slipping away when I return to full consciousness.

But this phrase stuck with me, and I really like it. Do you hold your dreams, whether your dreams when you are sleeping, or your dreams of what you want your life to be and where you want to go, lightly? Are they readily accessible? Are they intangible, or do they feel real to you? Are you separate from your dreams? Have you ever thought that the dream world really is real, and that you are the director? Do you ever think that if you learn how to control the illusions in the dream world, that you will better be able to control the illusions in the waking world? If you haven't ever read Illusions by Richard Bach, it gives you a lot to think about along these lines. It is one of my favorite books.

"If you persist in your efforts, you will achieve dream control" -- Queensryche, Silent Lucidity, one of the songs that I will stop everything and just listen whenever it comes on.

Some morning ramblings for you to ponder on.