Thread: Why DC's deny that they're from my imagination?

Originally Posted by ThreeCat

Originally Posted by Screen

I can share with you one story that baffles me to this day. Forgive me that I don't remember the book.

This man suddenly gained lucidity, and became aware he was in this hotel room, sitting on a bed with this woman, and she was smoking. I don't remember the specific dialogue. But he was basically saying that none of what was happening--including the woman--were real. She claimed otherwise, but he didn't believe her. Now, this last line I do remember. "I'll show you who's real!" She said this quite angrily, and jabbed the cigarette into the man's wrist. When he awoke, he found a burn mark in that exact same spot.

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Ah, I believe this is from Charlie Morley's "Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep." I could be wrong, but I know I have read the same book recently.

Actually, unless my mind fails me, it's from Castanedas "The art of dreaming".

Edit: my mind failed me. There is a scene in Castanedas book, where a man and a woman are sitting on a hotel bed, talking about whether they're in a dream or in physical reality. But there is no cigarette.

There is however the same scene with a cigarette in Waggoners book on lucid dreaming. It's presented as an anecdote, but the similarity to the scene in Castanedas book is rather striking.

Originally Posted by Voldmer

There is a scene in Castanedas book, where a man and a woman are sitting on a hotel bed, talking about whether they're in a dream or in physical reality. But there is no cigarette.

There is however the same scene with a cigarette in Waggoners book on lucid dreaming.
It's presented as an anecdote, but the similarity to the scene in Castanedas book is rather striking.

Rather striking. I like that! wink.gif