SeekingtheTruth
Jedi
As I was reading the thread entitled Different learning styles. Can the LAW OF EXCEPTION be reached intuitively?, I was reminded of a dream I had about a 1.5 years ago and approximately 1.5 years after discovering and reading the contents of cassiopaea.org and some of its related sites. Not wanting to "hi-jack" the aforementioned thread, I thought it would be more appropriate to start a new thread and write about that experience here.
On that particular afternoon I had decided to take a nap on a couch in a living room at a friend's house and it was at a point in my life where I had an abundance of questions about the true nature of our reality. While drifting off to sleep I had been thinking about what I should do in terms of my pursuit to better understand the spiritual aspects of life. As I drifted to sleep my awareness was jolted "awake" but in a sense my body was still asleep. As I was jolted "awake" I felt some invisible force envelope my entire body and sort of "squeeze" me (at the same time I felt as though I was being tickled). At the time my eyes were open and I was fully aware of my surroundings. As the pressure of this "force" continued to increase I decided to close my eyes and at that very instant something very interesting happened. I felt my body (ethereal/astral/dream body?) being carried/directed before a gated entrance that appeared physical and yet at the same time very ethereal. That is, you could pass through it as though it were a hologram.
Arching over the top of the "gate" itself appeared the upper 1/3 of two very beautiful and partially nude women. Their bodies were facing in my direction partially covered with slightly transparent sheets with one arm/hand stretched out pointing to the heavens above while the other was directed towards the interior of the entrance below (as though allowing passage). The heads of each were facing each other and were slightly directed upward at angle of approximately 45 degrees. Their eyes were gazing upwards in the same direction as their outstretched arms towards the heavens and gave the impression of being both disinterested and sad.
The gate opened inwards as I was more or less "pushed" through the entrance at the level of these two figures. Thus, I clearly saw them turn inwards and separate from each other as I entered. Once I entered I was confronted with a puzzle/problem and was given not only a key i.e. abundance of information/instructions but was also told which door (the solution) it opened. In sum, I knew exactly how everything worked within these gated walls. After I was given this information I realized what exactly I needed to do in order to find the door. I was then suddenly dropped into an enclosed room bathed in a red light. As I was falling I realized that the instructions/information given to me, by themselves, weren't sufficient to find the door. It was then that I realized that there existed other people in the Red Room that also had a key and knew the location of the door. In other words, my instructions/information weren't sufficient in the sense of allowing me to find the door (solution) by myself, but were sufficient in allowing me to find the pertinent information via the events of the Red Room and via locating other such people with keys.
In a sense, it was a game or puzzle and the nature of the game was such that the knowledge of how the "pieces" fit together required discernment of the experience while in this Red Room. In other words, the pieces are hidden within the experience and may be discovered via the careful discernment of its reality. That is, collecting knowledge (pieces of the puzzle) via a constant awareness of the 'going's on of what happens around you and within you' as you navigate the reality of the Red Room.
However, once I hit the ground of this Red Room I suddenly couldn't remember exactly what I supposed to do and only had a vague idea. My memory was almost completely erased, I then had this notion that I would have to rely on an alternate mode of understanding the experience of this Red Room: my intuition.
Upon awakening from this dream, I sat up and refreshed the browser on my computer that was displaying my myspace page. When it refreshed, I saw that a friend of mine had just posted a comment that read: "www.gnosticteachings.org, interesting stuff". Seeing that added to the significance of my dream which solidified the desire in my mind that understanding the meaning within the dream might be beneficial. The next thing I did was do a search on the net to try to better understand the symbolism of the dream. One of the first results of that search may be found here:
http://www.geocities.com/~mikehartmann/papers/detective22.html
The following is a short excerpt from that site:
In his dream Cooper meets Laura the victim who will inform him about the killer's identity. However, the solution will retain in his subconscious until much later in the series, when he will be enabled to enter this blurry subconscious state again. In terms of narrative this is a 'cliffhanger'17, in terms of Cooper's development it is necessary time that has to elapse in order for him to grow into his role as a new detective.
Cooper is not only introduced to the 'Red Room', but he even merges with the female victim in account of an 'elastic ego', a trait that characterizes intuitive types, according to C.G. Jung. Angela Hague defines this term as follows:
An 'elastic ego' is a characteristic feature of an intuitive type, which enables this person to fuse with all envisioned possibilities, even enabling this person to foresee the future (Hague, 137).
This description fits Cooper who can tell future events not from analytic deduction, as the classical detective, but from his intuitive ability. Cooper's willingness to indulge into the unconscious region of his mind leads to a visionary contact that goes hand in hand with an "ego loss that eliminates the boundaries separating the 'I' from the rest of the world, just as it dissolves the distinctions between subject and object" (136). Cooper does not "reduce detection to a narcissistic game of no-difference" (Irwin 70), but takes the investigation to his heart. Only complete physical and emotional (psychic) involvement can lead Cooper to a true solution. In terms of the narrative it is also striking that the solution is delivered to him, yet Cooper forgets it right after waking up. This incident is essential for Cooper's development as a new serial detective. In a mental state of inner balance Cooper dreams himself into the Red Room and enjoys waiting for a revelation. Thus, the solution to the murder mystery is delivered to Cooper at the very beginning, but it seems that Cooper is striving for a greater achievement, i.e. focusing beyond the (narrative) board on a bigger game.
This definition is crucial for Cooper's contact with Laura Palmer in his dream. His ability stands in harsh contrast to the classical detective who not only seals himself off from the outside world, paradoxically to analyze it even more precisely, but also refuses to see the female victim as a subject. The rationale of the classical detective prevents him from an active engagement with the sphere he investigates. Cooper, on the other hand, is eager and willing to let go of rational thinking in order to fuse with his subconscious region. He (and the viewer of TP) are rewarded for that with a highly unconventional, cryptic, yet not meaningless dream vision that takes Cooper into another sphere of experience.
I will now examine this strange space, this place between two worlds, keeping in mind that an ultimate explanation cannot and shall not be possible in a realm that deliberately violates the codes of spoken language. The Red Room denies rational meaning, as it is always present and demanded in conventional detective mysteries, where "the logical construct dissolves the enigma of the body, and the masculine principle ... creates the desired order" (Nochimson, 'Passion', 89).
After fully reading the analysis of the Twin Peaks Red Room Dream, I was more than taken aback at the eery similarities presented in the analysis of the relationship between Cooper, the Red Room Dream, and the reality of Twin Peaks to my own "Red Room Dream". I thought it was very interesting that the methods Cooper co-opted to not only solve a murder mystery but also to solve the much bigger mystery of evil's root cause (that is, to understand both the nature of the realm and of the evil spirit that has taken control of or imprisoned the residents of Twin Peaks) were very similar to how I interpreted experience in order to gather knowledge about the spiritual realm.
I never was really sure what to make of this dream, but at that time I did hold the belief (maybe naively) that it meant something of significance. What do you all think? Was I leading myself astray by thinking that I needed to develop my intuition in order to better discern and navigate myself through the maze of this reality? I found the "theme"/"plot" of Twin Peaks to be curiously allegorical to what's going on in this reality, does anyone else see the similarities or am I deluding myself?
On that particular afternoon I had decided to take a nap on a couch in a living room at a friend's house and it was at a point in my life where I had an abundance of questions about the true nature of our reality. While drifting off to sleep I had been thinking about what I should do in terms of my pursuit to better understand the spiritual aspects of life. As I drifted to sleep my awareness was jolted "awake" but in a sense my body was still asleep. As I was jolted "awake" I felt some invisible force envelope my entire body and sort of "squeeze" me (at the same time I felt as though I was being tickled). At the time my eyes were open and I was fully aware of my surroundings. As the pressure of this "force" continued to increase I decided to close my eyes and at that very instant something very interesting happened. I felt my body (ethereal/astral/dream body?) being carried/directed before a gated entrance that appeared physical and yet at the same time very ethereal. That is, you could pass through it as though it were a hologram.
Arching over the top of the "gate" itself appeared the upper 1/3 of two very beautiful and partially nude women. Their bodies were facing in my direction partially covered with slightly transparent sheets with one arm/hand stretched out pointing to the heavens above while the other was directed towards the interior of the entrance below (as though allowing passage). The heads of each were facing each other and were slightly directed upward at angle of approximately 45 degrees. Their eyes were gazing upwards in the same direction as their outstretched arms towards the heavens and gave the impression of being both disinterested and sad.
The gate opened inwards as I was more or less "pushed" through the entrance at the level of these two figures. Thus, I clearly saw them turn inwards and separate from each other as I entered. Once I entered I was confronted with a puzzle/problem and was given not only a key i.e. abundance of information/instructions but was also told which door (the solution) it opened. In sum, I knew exactly how everything worked within these gated walls. After I was given this information I realized what exactly I needed to do in order to find the door. I was then suddenly dropped into an enclosed room bathed in a red light. As I was falling I realized that the instructions/information given to me, by themselves, weren't sufficient to find the door. It was then that I realized that there existed other people in the Red Room that also had a key and knew the location of the door. In other words, my instructions/information weren't sufficient in the sense of allowing me to find the door (solution) by myself, but were sufficient in allowing me to find the pertinent information via the events of the Red Room and via locating other such people with keys.
In a sense, it was a game or puzzle and the nature of the game was such that the knowledge of how the "pieces" fit together required discernment of the experience while in this Red Room. In other words, the pieces are hidden within the experience and may be discovered via the careful discernment of its reality. That is, collecting knowledge (pieces of the puzzle) via a constant awareness of the 'going's on of what happens around you and within you' as you navigate the reality of the Red Room.
However, once I hit the ground of this Red Room I suddenly couldn't remember exactly what I supposed to do and only had a vague idea. My memory was almost completely erased, I then had this notion that I would have to rely on an alternate mode of understanding the experience of this Red Room: my intuition.
Upon awakening from this dream, I sat up and refreshed the browser on my computer that was displaying my myspace page. When it refreshed, I saw that a friend of mine had just posted a comment that read: "www.gnosticteachings.org, interesting stuff". Seeing that added to the significance of my dream which solidified the desire in my mind that understanding the meaning within the dream might be beneficial. The next thing I did was do a search on the net to try to better understand the symbolism of the dream. One of the first results of that search may be found here:
http://www.geocities.com/~mikehartmann/papers/detective22.html
The following is a short excerpt from that site:
In his dream Cooper meets Laura the victim who will inform him about the killer's identity. However, the solution will retain in his subconscious until much later in the series, when he will be enabled to enter this blurry subconscious state again. In terms of narrative this is a 'cliffhanger'17, in terms of Cooper's development it is necessary time that has to elapse in order for him to grow into his role as a new detective.
Cooper is not only introduced to the 'Red Room', but he even merges with the female victim in account of an 'elastic ego', a trait that characterizes intuitive types, according to C.G. Jung. Angela Hague defines this term as follows:
An 'elastic ego' is a characteristic feature of an intuitive type, which enables this person to fuse with all envisioned possibilities, even enabling this person to foresee the future (Hague, 137).
This description fits Cooper who can tell future events not from analytic deduction, as the classical detective, but from his intuitive ability. Cooper's willingness to indulge into the unconscious region of his mind leads to a visionary contact that goes hand in hand with an "ego loss that eliminates the boundaries separating the 'I' from the rest of the world, just as it dissolves the distinctions between subject and object" (136). Cooper does not "reduce detection to a narcissistic game of no-difference" (Irwin 70), but takes the investigation to his heart. Only complete physical and emotional (psychic) involvement can lead Cooper to a true solution. In terms of the narrative it is also striking that the solution is delivered to him, yet Cooper forgets it right after waking up. This incident is essential for Cooper's development as a new serial detective. In a mental state of inner balance Cooper dreams himself into the Red Room and enjoys waiting for a revelation. Thus, the solution to the murder mystery is delivered to Cooper at the very beginning, but it seems that Cooper is striving for a greater achievement, i.e. focusing beyond the (narrative) board on a bigger game.
This definition is crucial for Cooper's contact with Laura Palmer in his dream. His ability stands in harsh contrast to the classical detective who not only seals himself off from the outside world, paradoxically to analyze it even more precisely, but also refuses to see the female victim as a subject. The rationale of the classical detective prevents him from an active engagement with the sphere he investigates. Cooper, on the other hand, is eager and willing to let go of rational thinking in order to fuse with his subconscious region. He (and the viewer of TP) are rewarded for that with a highly unconventional, cryptic, yet not meaningless dream vision that takes Cooper into another sphere of experience.
I will now examine this strange space, this place between two worlds, keeping in mind that an ultimate explanation cannot and shall not be possible in a realm that deliberately violates the codes of spoken language. The Red Room denies rational meaning, as it is always present and demanded in conventional detective mysteries, where "the logical construct dissolves the enigma of the body, and the masculine principle ... creates the desired order" (Nochimson, 'Passion', 89).
After fully reading the analysis of the Twin Peaks Red Room Dream, I was more than taken aback at the eery similarities presented in the analysis of the relationship between Cooper, the Red Room Dream, and the reality of Twin Peaks to my own "Red Room Dream". I thought it was very interesting that the methods Cooper co-opted to not only solve a murder mystery but also to solve the much bigger mystery of evil's root cause (that is, to understand both the nature of the realm and of the evil spirit that has taken control of or imprisoned the residents of Twin Peaks) were very similar to how I interpreted experience in order to gather knowledge about the spiritual realm.
I never was really sure what to make of this dream, but at that time I did hold the belief (maybe naively) that it meant something of significance. What do you all think? Was I leading myself astray by thinking that I needed to develop my intuition in order to better discern and navigate myself through the maze of this reality? I found the "theme"/"plot" of Twin Peaks to be curiously allegorical to what's going on in this reality, does anyone else see the similarities or am I deluding myself?
) She talks about a group of either 4D or bi density beings spending all their time 'beaming' ideas into 3D people's heads, all kinds of scenarios, in an attempt to direct/vector creative energies.
