Originally posted by DistantClone
I'm surprised to see Leo actually start a Dream Interpretation thread. I've given it some consideration. While I don't have a novel or essay, here goes.
You seem really calm, but I'm going to label this an anxiety dream. I see a separation between you and the rest of the world. The world is in trouble, divided and fighting. It is not perfect, possibly crying out for help. You could be doing your job by helping to pacify the events, but you are not. You are isolated and withdrawn. Without you, things will still work themselves out, but it may take awhile. Especially since the robots signify advanced technology, and the future. Get involved now and you will not be waiting for the government to rescue you. It is a reminder for you to continue helping.
Distant Clone,
Hey, that's pretty good.
There was an extra detail in the dream. When they got the drop on me with their rifles and machine guns, I knew I gingerly had to surrender my own rifle slowly and unambiguously. Then, it was with some anxiety that I even surrendered my 'ankle' gun. I did not want them to find it later and give me a difficult time about it. This would indicate that I had become totally helpless in the face of circumstances -- surrendering both my official role and responsibilities as well as my own secret and personal potentials.
But your advice that I could somehow break free from these restraints are nowhere indicated in this dream. yes, my earlier anxieties were exaggerated, as the Rebel was teasing me about how restrictive the Atomic Robots would be. But although the Atomic Robots allowed a great deal of personal freedom, they would be most effective at maintaining my status as an imprisoned non-combatant.
But most importantly, you failed to consider the most important emotional ephiphany within this dream, that I was relieved that I would rather be taken prisoner than to have been put into the position of killing people, even in my own defense and in a 'good cause'. You know, maybe sometimes it is better to let the whole world go to hell than to unleash one's own personal 'dogs of war'. It reminds me of years ago when the announcment came on the news that Princess Di had been in that accident. My heart just sank, and I hoped that she would be alright. It is by our spontaneous emotions that we know who we are. I suddenly knew that I could be empathetic. The cold intellectual found a trace of humanity. Now, it is the same in this dream. In my youth where I would have been totally the Hero, wishing to either Kill or to Die... now, I was honestly relieved that I would not have to take any part in the whole bloody mess.
But, yes, it may be an Anxiety Dream. After all, I dreamt of having been caught unaware and unprepared. As I have said many a time, Studies show that people who have Anxiety Dreams are typically those people who have the least to be anxious about. So, consider, could I actually ever be caught unaware and unprepared? Well, frankly, no. I WAS in the Army and I was decorated many times. I was a model Troop. I AM a model Troop. If the situation were ever to really come up, I would see the Rebel Vehicle coming up, and I would lay down a field of fire that would drop them dead in their tracks before they know what hit them. But, yes, I now know that I would regret the necessity.
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