I wonder what cryogenic sleep would be like if it were possible. Would you wake up refreshed? Or feel cold constantly for six months or something?
Tag: #APeculiarCerebralTangle
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I had a strange dream last night.
In the dream, I was on a stage in a large auditorium, sitting on a couch or something in the middle. There were no other props or anything, and I was just talking to a huge group of people. I don’t remember the topic, but I remember feeling that it was very personal and emotionally driven. I was completely calm, though, and there was a cat walking around on stage. It felt almost natural, which is strange. I’m not one who enjoys being the center of attention of large groups, and I especially don’t enjoy talking about anything emotional in front of groups of any size.
It reminded me of a dream I had years ago – my early 20s maybe. I was walking up this rocky hill that wound up being an outcropping that overlooked a small beach and the ocean. The person that I was walking with disappeared, but I accepted that and kept walking. It was just before sunrise, and the sky was beautifully alight with pale colors. There was a huge group of people milling about on the beach, and when I got to the edge of the rocky ledge, they all turned to me. Someone pointed, and I look over to see this – form. The best way I can think to describe it was just a visible energy, but it was reminiscent of a human form in general shape. I acknowledged the form and then started to speak, and people on the beach cheered.
I don’t know what either dream meant, but I do think that dreams have meaning. I also wonder why it is that some dreams are burned into our memories and others simply fade seconds after waking.
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I noticed last night when I changed for bed that my heart rate dropped by about 10 bpm just because I took my bra off. I hadn’t laid down yet, but the relaxation and comfort of not wearing a garment specifically made for restriction and limitation is just so significant. Is there any comparable experience for men, or is it just women who voluntarily torture themselves with an article of clothing on a daily basis?
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The Manhattan Project truly amazes me – the most brilliant minds in the world brought together to create the most destructive thing in human history.
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Is it worse to be a person who does nothing to try to stop harm/suffering from happening, or to be the one causing the harm or suffering? Is there a distinction?
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Why do some people feel that recurrent run-on sentences are acceptable? I mean, I get the occasional run-on sentence for stylistic, dramatic, or demonstrational purposes in writing, but all the time? In normal communication?? Come on!
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I discovered something today.
When I was a kid, my mother watched and read romance stuff. Not my thing, but whatever. Gone With the Wind was one of the movies. The Thorn Birds was another.
Interesting story about that, and I just learned this – a character in the Thorn Birds had a very similar name to my mother. I don’t and can’t know if that had anything to do with her obsession, because she is no longer with us, but either way, I can’t help but smile. I don’t even know why — I hated those movies as a kid, and would roll my eyes and go upstairs to get lost in some fantasy book or textbook. I couldn’t understand the draw.
I dunno. just a random thing.
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How many voices to most people have in their mind?
I’m not talking about people with schizophrenia or whatever other mental health issues can cause you to hear voices and such. That’s a different situation than, and I hate to use this word, “normal” people.
At times in my life, and even currently, I’ve definitely had more than one. Different facets of my personality that have input as to what is going on in my life, and how I should handle it. I suppose that could just be me arguing with myself, but it seems that the different voice has its own outlook, priorities, etc. And, it could be that this is just a perception thing. I see it as different voices, because I make a distinction between the parts of me that have different needs or wants for whatever reason, and other people just see it as arguing with themselves.
Either way, I am truly curious about this. Do most people in the world have an inner monologue or an inner dialogue? If the latter, what does this dialogue sound like, who wins whichever argument, and is this a constant state of affairs for them?
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I wish it were possible to just absorb knowledge from books like osmosis. Put a book under my pillow at night, and wake up with all that knowledge!
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I have seriously considered what it would be like to kill something other than a bug. I’m fine with something that’s already dead. But to actually be the thing that extinguishes that life? I wonder what that feels like.
A Peculiar Cerebral Tangle 