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as a monkey based mammal there is an
inherited veil, nested into our very
bodies, into the physical structure of
our mind: the urge to forget.
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the jungle we visit each night is
cleared from our minds eye at every
waking hour, no doubt to "protect us".
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we don't want this protection!
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we want to listen to the signal, not
the carrier of waking life!
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it's time to rebel against this
predestination of ours. it's time to
soak in the dreamy water, and what's
more, to retain it!
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chipping away the darkness
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we can break through the veil. as
always, it begins with a journal. we
must write down our nightly projections.
this will be awkward at first, since it
entails breaking sleep - turning on
lights in the dark, taking the time to
remember and to write.
in order to remember, lie still. don't
move. disregard all thoughts of the
dream being mundane or meaningless.
keep chipping away the darkness: what
happened? how? how did i get there?
what happened before? and before? and
before?
sometimes all we get is a feeling, or
some lingering spacial awarness of an
alien place, or the notion that it
rained just now.
write it down. whatever tiny thing.
note on tape recorders
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of course i tried tape recorders. they
are much more comfortable as i need not
open any eyes, or move very much. but
they make studying hard - the dream is
inside there, hidden away again.
we just change one kind of invisibility
for another. the purpose of the book is
to -lay bare-.