{"id":4716,"date":"2026-01-21T23:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/?page_id=4716"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:09:36","slug":"notes-on-dreaming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/notes-on-dreaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on Dreaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I believe that dreams are the original religion. They have much to teach us beyond Freudian insights. Personal insights are the bottommost layer of the dreaming world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only in an irreal world can one learn about reality \u2014 the principles of organisation that defines what a reality can be. Only in a meaningless world can one learn what meaning can be \u2014 a network of interconnected units of the nonsensical. Only in a world of secrets can one see what is obvious<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children are told, “It was only a dream,” as if to convince them, by dint of repetition, of the irrelevance of dreaming. Imagine if children were tugged away every time they seemed to be responding to spoken language. They would grow up mute. The would hear spoken language the way we hear bird song \u2014 as irrelevant noises. If one does not acquire the ability to speak in childhood, it can never be acquired thereafter. In order to deny their handicap, they would, as adults, insist on the mutism of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because that is a real possibility, we must ask ourselves if that is, in fact, not what has happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This blog contains notes about dreaming, written by a person who was raised to be dream-mute, but who now recognises the importance of dreaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dreams are Life Experiences<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your dreaming experiences are experiences. Because they are self-modifying, they open the door to rapid personal development.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lucidity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucidity is the one topic that cannot be discussed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Family Religion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every-day reality can be a religion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Mode of Child Awareness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the dreaming world, the decisions you make are less important than the perspective you take.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dream Companions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get in. I know a really cool dream!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dream Wraiths<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A wraith is not just a ghost; it is a ghostly doppelganger. It lives in a supernatural world and it has supernatural powers. It is self-delusional, reckless and wilful. And then you wake up.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pleasure and Nothing But<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is possible for people like me to stumble into a heaven. But it is hard for them to stay.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What Heaven does not Want I do not Need<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Netherlings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not all sentient dream characters are nice. But here we learn the meaning of consent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Invasion of the Waking World<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I dreamt the waking world had been invaded by aliens who could be seen only in dreams. And I woke up to that dream.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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