{"id":5962,"date":"2026-08-24T12:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/?p=5962"},"modified":"2026-08-31T12:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:08:40","slug":"dreaming-as-a-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/2026\/08\/24\/dreaming-as-a-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreaming as a Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dictation.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5897\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dictation.png 800w, https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dictation-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dictation-768x480.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7841b9e1-ff86-431d-82aa-30266bcb3eb9\">I believe that dreams are the original religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-d63f201f-6d62-4d6b-86d5-944f6792bdc1\">I do not mean Freudian dreams, or any dreams involving people and places you know. Those are the bottommost layer of the dreaming world. This blog is about the other layers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-96a4d092-bcbf-4a65-bea7-6eae27887e64\">Why do I call it a religion? First, it involves a supernatural world \u2014 one in which magical events occur.  My ancestors had similar experiences and founded religions; it is a consequent of history that I live in a time in which the only imaginable response is an internet blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/portal_to_another_dream.png\" alt=\"portal_to_another_dream\" class=\"wp-image-5109\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/portal_to_another_dream.png 800w, https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/portal_to_another_dream-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/portal_to_another_dream-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-9d35b058-98ad-46ab-a2e3-5309673b6f2a\">Secondly, there is a kind of &#8220;spirituality&#8221; that recognises and deals with what is magical in the dreaming world. In short, I would describe it as mental health practices. One cannot get far in the dreaming world with hang-ups and triggers, prejudices and fears. These must need be worked through, in order to get to the other side. Everything that seems crazy in the dreaming world is a reflection of one&#8217;s own low-grade craziness. Recognising your reflection is the spiritual part of the enterprise. You can break out of that craziness and experience the dreaming world as quite consistent and persistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-b5c8b961-289d-4c09-9599-a70c2e020559\">Your dream diary is your bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/notes-on-dreaming\/\">Notes on Dreaming<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/heaven\/\">Notes on Dream Heavens<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I believe that dreams are the original religion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[108],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5962"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6004,"href":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5962\/revisions\/6004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}