Infarecho

23.05.2011

The Hero's Nature (Non-lucid)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I started by talking to a princess. Both of us were walking through grass on the side of a short hill. I was to escort the princess, whom I had rescued on a number of occasions, to a station where she was either taking a bus or a train or something far away. She asked me why I kept saving her, and why I risked my life and everything I had to save those in need. I told her that it was just in my nature to do so. We had come to a swampy area, so i placed a large leaf on the water and told her to get on. She did, and then we proceeded to paddle across the water. I explained to her that in the hero's mind it doesn't matter what is at stake. When there someone in need or something needs to be done in the name of justice, the hero will drop everything and save that person or do something, not because he wishes to attain anything for himself, but simply because it needs to be done for the sake of peace or for the sake of one's life. Its not something that can be explained, its just an automatic response by the hero. It just in his nature. We came to the end of the swamp and before us stood a large tree. We climbed up and sat in the tree for a while. The princess reminded me of a time in which she needed to be saved from a large tree, and that i had battled all the evil forces that bound her and triumphed. I had then climbed branch by branch up the tree and rescued her. She then stopped and looked at me while I recalled the event and we stared at each other for a minute. I could tell what she was thinking. She was looking at me with such admiration and wonder. She didn't know why I did the things I did for other people, or why I put my life in danger for a noble cause. I thought to myself that there wasn't any real reason for it. I simply did something because i could do something. She then leaned down and gave me a passionate kiss. I felt elated and brought to life and for a moment we both forgot about everything that was going on around us. What we had been through, what we still needed to go through. I was in bliss until the dream started to fade and the morning light set back in.
The dream seems to describe a prolouge to an epic advernture. I am the hero and there is a princess. The princess represents peace and harmony in all things that are. The peace and harmony asks me why i do what i do. This is the equivalent of me asking myself why i should be brave and why i should strive for greatness and nobility. I answer to the princess that it is simply in my nature. I tell myself that there isn't any cosmic reason for trying to do good and succeed. I should be the best who i can be because i can. The journey through the field and the swamp is like the journey through my mind. The tree at the end is a place deep within the recesses of my being where only i can go. It is there that peace and harmony thank me for being a good person and continuing to try. I find peace with this dream. I dreamt this only to remind me that I am indeed a good person and that i should continue to be.