Dream Companions

Some dream guides do not actually guide, that is to say, they do not teach. But they do accompany. I imagine it like finding a child wandering around the neighborhood. I would accompany it to make sure nothing happens.

When I dream of a dream companion, about 80% of the time, the companion is female. Sometimes, the companion is one I’ve never seen before, it’ll be the same companion for all dreams that night, where there is a companion at all. Other times, I’ll have the same companion for months on end. Most often, the dream companions are silent. More rarely, they provide the principle interaction of the dream.

Here is a tragic tale regarding a dream companion. For a while, at least a year, and maybe two, I had a single dream companion, one whom I had never properly seen. I would have the impression of seeing her, but upon awakening, would have no memory of her appearance. She was simply always by my side, and I took that for granted as I went about my adventures.

In one dream, I remember that I felt her presence, but could not see her at all. All I could perceive were dim echoes of her singing. I turned, and there she was, like 30 cm away! She was present in crystal clear detail. I was shocked and confused. She was elated that I could finally see her. She was so dazzlingly beautiful, I concluded that I was the object of some kind of trick. I don’t remember what I said, but I withdrew from her with apprehension. She was heart-broken. The dream ended.

When I awoke, I realised that I’d made a huge mistake. No one who had invested in me that long could be a predator. I began looking for her in subsequent dreams.

After about two weeks of dreamscape-trekking, I found her in a village in 1940s Ireland. She was living with her adult brothers in a well-kept, but very modest, stone cottage. She was dismayed upon seeing me, quite at the point of tears. She told me that she couldn’t bear being haunted by me. I was so disturbed, I awoke. I never saw her again.