Dreamzzz Unlimited

I am a big dreamer.. (in the absolute sense that is.. not in the figurative sense :)).. I dream a lot.. Almost every night.... They say one’s dreams/nightmares say a lot about the mental makeup of a person, as well as reflect what has been on his/her mind of late.. Although I have never had nightmares, most of my dreams are most interesting.. I aim to delve a bit into dreamland in this post.. Hope some psycho-analyst reading my blog will be able to give me a rationale behind my dreams...

I usually dream about familiar events, people and settings.. In most of my dreams, I see my friends (past and present, right from my school days to my days in B-school), family members and other acquaintances.. I see myself chatting to them about general stuff.. The places where I see myself meeting them are also quite common.. my school and college classrooms and playgrounds, my own or my relatives homes etc.

Now for the interesting part, although I mostly dream about familiar things, the space-time context of my dreams are almost always inexplicably convoluted. I see myself chatting to my college friends, but in my school classroom.. I see myself with my relatives living in one part of the world, but in a house in some other part of the world.. I have never quite been able to figure out the reason by these queer mismatches..

As I mentioned earlier, I never have nightmares, but the closest thing to a nightmare I have witnessed were dreams about me getting late for an exam.. and finding out that I had studied for a different paper, than the one which was scheduled that day..

Now for some more surreal stuff.. I don’t know if it is a common occurrence, but at times, when I happen to see some images/events/people in real life, I somehow feel I have witnessed them before, maybe in my dreams.. Now before you begin to think I am a complete psycho, let me assure that these fleeting recollections dont last any more than a split second.. Alas, no “100 Days” type of storyline here..

Now for the strangest dream I have ever had.. Just about a week back, I saw myself back in my school (which is not unusual, given the warped nature of the space-time context of my dreams).. Suddenly, I saw my 12 year old self in front of me.. And as in any sci-fi flick, Me@24 and Me@12 stood starring at each other..... Just when it was getting most intriguing, the dream faded away....

Over the last week, I have been wondering what would have happened had the dream continued??

What would Me@24 say to Me@12??

Would Me@24 tell Me@12 that he would not achieve his childhood ambition of becoming an Astronaut.. and would end up being an Engineer/MBA??

Would Me@24 ask Me@12 to start taking good care of his hair??

Would Me@24 tell Me@12 that he would not stand 2nd in any exam for the next 10 years??

Would Me@24 persuade Me@12 to be more obedient to his parents??

And would Me@24 quash Me@12’s adolescent dreams by telling him he would never get to play enough cricket, and that he would never have a girlfriend??

Maybe I would.... but then, maybe I would not....

“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.”