tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5391534561002134859..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Dream-dozing - Micro-sleeps and micro-dreamsBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-55870078492230926382011-06-22T15:51:08.724+01:002011-06-22T15:51:08.724+01:00@bgc
It seems to me the dream world operates thro...@bgc<br /><br />It seems to me the dream world operates through metaphor, and leaves behind a series of cues that do not tell us information so much as what information to be receptive to.<br /><br />For this reason, it makes sense to me that the dreams are often "forgotten" immediately, because that information mapping has gone directly into the subconscious (or whatever part of the mind is separate from the ego).Brett Stevenshttp://www.amerika.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-31884107930651715482011-06-21T06:44:34.712+01:002011-06-21T06:44:34.712+01:00I should add that I don't have (or don't r...I should add that I don't have (or don't remember) interesting or impressive dreams, at least only seldom. <br /><br />The micro-dreams seem random and trivial, and I only recall them for a few seconds (they almost literally seem to fade away) - presumably they are active in 'working memory' for a few seconds (which is how long working memory holds things) but do not get laid down in long term store, perhaps because regarded as irrelevant and insignificant.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-65104817448957879192011-06-20T17:25:11.150+01:002011-06-20T17:25:11.150+01:00You've basically just described the premise of...You've basically just described the premise of "Inception". George MacDonald had ideas about the deeper purpose of sleep, and Lewis wrote a poem about pre-lapsarian man using sleep to draw spiritual as well as physical nourishment.Gabe Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-11354083847182436462011-06-19T15:35:15.049+01:002011-06-19T15:35:15.049+01:00This almost sounds like Platonic monism.
Our worl...This almost sounds like Platonic monism.<br /><br />Our world is one of the many layers of a more complex world.<br /><br />When you doze and go into interzone, you're accessing that world, which is a more direct combination of mind and universe.<br /><br />Mythic imagination shows up in every advanced culture for a reason.<br /><br />Your article did however remind me of how much fun the dream world can be, when one is in "explore" mode (as opposed to "react" mode, when trying to feel a way through a difficult time in life).Brett Stevenshttp://www.amerika.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-80620174659843109692011-06-19T12:58:10.752+01:002011-06-19T12:58:10.752+01:00I remember very few of my dreams but I once told a...I remember very few of my dreams but I once told a friend about one that recurs frequently - wherein we own three flats in Edinburgh and I keep wondering whether we should sell them. He then pointed out that I must have another dream that recurred, because I would occasionally ask him about a case of wine that he was(n't) storing for us in his cellar.deariemenoreply@blogger.com