Dreamscapes VI

4/21/06

This dream started off with me as some sort of environmental activist, going around the U, picking up things and helping the homeless. Suddenly, people or things inside of a spaceship who disliked what I was doing, kidnapped me and put me on a planet covered in water with quasi-cylindrical islands of tall craggy rock formations, most of which plateaued at the top. I wondered, Now what am I supposed to do? As I looked around the landscape, I noticed it was completely monotonous. After a few moments had passed I noticed a constable moving on what looked like a conveyor belt in the water. The belt can be visualized like this: the water was ebbing in two different directions; in two lanes. You could see it only because it was forming arrowed ripples in the water. I wanted to talk to the constable hoping he had an idea how to get off of this monolith, as he was the only one around, and probably the only that would ever come around. As soon as the thought left my head, the monolith instantly stretched over to the constable, as if the middle were made of some elastic! I told him my plight and asked for his help to which he told me that if I wanted to get off the plateau I should just jump onto the conveyor belt. I was a little apprehensive about jumping off of the rock and being able to just stand on water, but I didn't want to be stuck on the rock forever, so I leaped on. A thud resounded as I landed and no water consequently splashed up at me, as one would expect from landing on water.

As I moved along with the constable, the scenery began to change rapidly. The rock plateaus gave way to lush grassy fields with rolling hills and grass rollicking in the wind, all set in the bottom of a wide valley. There were mountains further in the background, but I paid them little mind with the scene directly in front of me. People were dispersed sparingly here and there throughout the scene. As my conveyor of flowing water connected with the land (there was no beach), a large university came into my sights to the east. I began to explore this new territory, walking first towards the university. As I approached, I noticed two men and some wolf-like beasts start an approach in my direction. I suddenly was running for my life. I don't know how, but I managed to escape them. I resumed my exploring of this glorious valley. The last part I remember of this dream was that I was standing at the top of the valley opposite from where I had first begun. My friend CAS was there and we exchanged a few words about how amazing this was. I looked back to where I had begun and saw the pillars of stone out in the endless sea. As I turned back and looked at the mountains beyond the valley and all that was around me, I wondered if I was in heaven.

Faith

When you are dead and gone, what happens? I suppose some of you "know" (I quote this, because regardless of the strength of your faith, you truly will not know, until you pass on) and some of you haven't the foggiest. My interpretation is drawn from the vast resources of my own thoughts mixed with that of popular religion. With the exception of atheists and some other religions, I'm sure, we all believe in some sort of being as our creator. Even if you are scientific minded, as myself, the Big Bang Theory only takes one so far. Science strives to explain everything, but it cannot ever attain that goal. I think I remember hearing about the theories of pre-Big Bang Era, where there were many planets and stars revolving around this gigantic star. I don't remember what caused the Big Bang, but alas, it seems a believable theory. What happened before that? A bunch of planets and stars just chilled out in the small universe? What created those planets? How did it all begin?

In my eyes, the only rational explanation is that something created it. Some may question why a rational explanation is necessary. Why do we need to know? Who cares? That is up to personal preference. But one of the wonders of being human is reasoning. You, unlike animals and plants, as far as we know, anyway, are capable of pondering many thoughts, and to just leave some things unanswered may seem wasteful of this ability. Of course, some things shouldn't be reasoned, but forgive me for not providing any examples. My personal belief is that time is circular; that these events have occurred before. Maybe not in exact identical sequence, perhaps not in redundancy, but in a repeated fashion. Physicists tell us that the universe is expanding and that it has been since the Big Bang and that it will begin to collapse eventually. Energy is conserved, it is neither created nor destroyed, so it makes sense that an ever-expanding universe is not logical. That is of course, only if you trust in our understanding of physics and the universe.

You could argue that I'm not using my reasoning ability and just accepting what we already know. You are right and you are wrong. I've studied these things, so I have personal understanding of these concepts, but I haven't interpreted them in my own way (otherwise they would be a different concept). Unfortunately, because our complete understanding of everything in the universe is greatly lacking, one can only fathom that we've erred in some way until such discoveries are had. Where we begin aids the elucidation of where we end up.

This post could go on forever. If time is circular, are there parallel dimensions? Does an option provided in one's time, create another dimension for the road not taken? If time is circular and eventually repeats, there would be an infinitesimal amount of parallel dimensions. I've tried to reason this out, but it is quite overwhelming. My guess is yes, there are parallel dimensions. I won't go into time travel theories and black holes...yet. At least not in this post.

When you die, what is supposed to happen? Some believe in heaven and hell as reward or punishment for deeds while alive. Others believe that we just turn to dust, that there is no soul. Others believe our souls are recycled via reincarnation. I am currently at a loss in this area. My belief in balance in all things makes me want to believe that we are reincarnated. Yet, because I have a notion of a God, I want to believe that It has greater things planned for us beyond the corporeal form.

When you've passed from this mortal coil, I have to believe that you lose your sense of time. Because "your" time has become unlimited, you wouldn't perceive it any longer. I have one gripe with popular religion, and unfortunately, like most of my gripes with this subject, it is aimed at Christianity. I am but an infant in the understanding of Christianity, but from what I've heard, you do what ever it is you like best in heaven. Doing whatever you like best in heaven is an idea impregnated with fantasy, though. A realistic afterlife wouldn't include mortal pinings or material things. It would be all about the spirituality. You would spend eternity praising God and conversing (if such a thing exists) with other souls. I think I need to talk to some of my Christian buddies about this subject before I further infuriate them.

Writing Stylus

I've been analyzing my style of writing as of late. When I first started this blog, I tended to use bigger words, probably incorrectly and incoherently, and tried to be more creative with my writing. I think there may have been more humor. I guess I still try to keep non-personal topics interesting, but I think I've strayed from my original conception of this blog and my writing style. You may have noticed the sudden political saturation of this blog, which I hope you keep an open mind to, and not turn away based on differences in beliefs and political standing. Despite that, my style has fallen like that of a marble in a bowl; it's become stagnant, and I have a notion as to why. As a scientist, if I may have the honor of calling myself such, I've been subject to readings of vast scientific topics and literature. With that in mind, I've had to write many papers in passive voice; usually revisions of these materials. Consequently, my writing, in my eyes, has become dry and cracked. I can actually feel all of your eyes drying out as you read this filth. If only I can change my writing back without spending hours of editing time on these posts. You wouldn't believe the amount of time I spend on correction and editing of grammar alone, without worrying about content and style. I just spent about 15 minutes on this paragraph alone!

On a somewhat related topic, I've discovered, no, engineered a new genre of writing. I won't tell you what it is, but I'll say this. If you enjoy crazy fantasy novels, then you will like what I will be writing. I've ventured into another hobby that will only spread my free time thinner than a sheet of atoms...

A Means to an End of a Hiatus

I am finished...

I just graduated from college! Yahoo! It's been a trip! I feel really good!

I'm also really stressed right now. In the midst of moving back home, I'm also scrambling to find a real job and get my life on track. Consequently, I have zero time to rid-write the material that has accumulated over the past few months. I am on hiatus for a while, at least on this blog. I guess I haven't had a whole lot of time in the recent past to be blogging, but that will change. I also have to get some decent speed internet at the folks' place. Prepare yourselves for a meteor-sized barrage of information in a few weeks! Also stay tuned for my band. We will start getting together on a regular basis and write some material. I still need to figure out how to down-size my sound file's size. Anyway, go here A Lesser Known Self to see our band's webpage. It doesn't have anything good on the site yet, and there probably won't be anything exciting there for a while though...

Bye for now!

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