Comments on: Hardboiled Dreams of the World http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/10/13/hardboiled-dreams-of-the-world/ A dissident twist of reality... Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:52:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Lynne http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/10/13/hardboiled-dreams-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-15547 Lynne Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:53:35 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/10/14/hardboiled-dreams-of-the-world/#comment-15547 Wow, deep post. Must ponder. Reminds me of a lot of what I heard in the Unity church. They have a heavy metaphysical slant, or at least the one I went to did. (Unity, not Unitarian). Wow, deep post. Must ponder. Reminds me of a lot of what I heard in the Unity church. They have a heavy metaphysical slant, or at least the one I went to did. (Unity, not Unitarian).

]]> By: JoeC http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/10/13/hardboiled-dreams-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-12262 JoeC Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:15:42 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/10/14/hardboiled-dreams-of-the-world/#comment-12262 Thanks for the deep thoughts, Chuck! You know, you gotta be careful about trying to lucid dream in this here particular dream. I think I've seen a lot of people try to make the dream lucid, but they actually wake themselves all the way up instead (looks like they bite the dust from this viewpoint.) Another deep thought...the physical brain is an organ that limits our mind in this dream. This might be why savants with damaged brains can have extraordinary talents, or why some folks have near death, out-of-body experiences when their brain temporarily goes flat. It's a different way to frame things...the brain as a schackle on consciousness. Meditation, hallucinatory drugs...things that allow consciousness to take a journey are all things that shut down part of the brain, right? Just an interesting thought to throw out there...a different slant on reality. Don't get me wrong, though, I likes my healthy brain and am not advocating screwing with the old noodle too much. Thanks for the deep thoughts, Chuck!

You know, you gotta be careful about trying to lucid dream in this here particular dream. I think I’ve seen a lot of people try to make the dream lucid, but they actually wake themselves all the way up instead (looks like they bite the dust from this viewpoint.)

Another deep thought…the physical brain is an organ that limits our mind in this dream. This might be why savants with damaged brains can have extraordinary talents, or why some folks have near death, out-of-body experiences when their brain temporarily goes flat. It’s a different way to frame things…the brain as a schackle on consciousness. Meditation, hallucinatory drugs…things that allow consciousness to take a journey are all things that shut down part of the brain, right? Just an interesting thought to throw out there…a different slant on reality. Don’t get me wrong, though, I likes my healthy brain and am not advocating screwing with the old noodle too much.

]]> By: Chuck Puckett http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/10/13/hardboiled-dreams-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-12254 Chuck Puckett Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:13:00 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/10/14/hardboiled-dreams-of-the-world/#comment-12254 "It's all a dream we dreamed/ One afternoon, long ago" - "Box of Rain", lyrics by Robert Hunter, music by Phil Lesh. And it's just a Box of Rain, I don't know who put it there Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare. Yes, it's just a Box of Rain and a ribbon for your hair Such a long, long time to be gone And a short time to be here. The real pisser is not so much that it's a lame device, but the frustration one feels in trying to apply lucid dreaming to the thing; that is, mold it consciously. Ah, but intention is only the latest buzz word. The Buddha said, in effect, "It's all about not wanting to not want." Alternatively, "Dreamers, Awake!" “It’s all a dream we dreamed/ One afternoon, long ago” - “Box of Rain”, lyrics by Robert Hunter, music by Phil Lesh.

And it’s just a Box of Rain, I don’t know who put it there
Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare.
Yes, it’s just a Box of Rain and a ribbon for your hair
Such a long, long time to be gone
And a short time to be here.

The real pisser is not so much that it’s a lame device, but the frustration one feels in trying to apply lucid dreaming to the thing; that is, mold it consciously. Ah, but intention is only the latest buzz word. The Buddha said, in effect, “It’s all about not wanting to not want.”

Alternatively, “Dreamers, Awake!”

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