One of the great seducers to mystical beliefs is 'vivid dreams'.

Many years ago, after college, I had a dream about a girl I had known from high school. In the dream she was somehow very upset and having problems. It was so strong that I wrote her a letter about it, hoping she was okay. It sat, unmailed, on my desk as I gradually forgot even the basic content. I finally threw it out, and I'm now glad I never dropped that confusing confession into her life.

   Dreams can be so scary, detailed ... and sometimes positive... that it is tempting to take them seriously. I suppose that they DO often reflect our waking concerns and fears & wishes, but too often people assume they are getting 'messages' from....???

   Stories of 'remembering' past lives (often around famous people) are common.. and of course, who can disprove them?

   The neurons in our brains firing in odd ways... both while asleep and in odd waking moments... can create 'memories' that we believe are true, while being only memories of brain activity.... but the same brain that had the experience has to process it, and the **Will to Believe** is very strong for some of us.

I'm sure that some who read this will say that, "Hey..I had this dream that predicted..or reminded.. X, Y, and Z.. and it happened just that way!"
   I can only shrug. That experience, real or not, is now part of you. It is not important that *I* believe it or not.

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So, last night I dreamed about sitting with several friends who were trying to teach me a strange card game with rules that were both explicit and contradictory... and somehow, all the cards that we were dealt were aces... after being required to ante a penny... unless you had a nickle, which had to be placed in a different part of the table.... then...

... then it gets confusing as new people show up in odd costumes, leaving me wondering if...if... ummmm

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Today I am back to my usual picky self, as is obvious...