You made the hair stand up on the back of my neck, Anna. I, too, have been having recurrent tsunami dreams and imagery the last couple of years. Visceral. Bone deep knowing that the world we thought we lived in is gone and a new one is about to sweep us away unless we are prepared and can get to higher ground in time.
I’ve been doing what I can to increase agency, engage my creativity in new ways, and prepare. Will it be enough? I don’t know.
Yours is the best exposition I have read of where we are and what we each need to be doing, individually and collectively, in the face of the many unknowns.
To point out that it will be both catastrophic and a creative catalyst is to understand and articulate for our time wisdom handed down for centuries by sages. To refuse to speculate about external details is a mark of wisdom and a clear warning to each of us to stop gaping at the spectacle, the damp sands where the water has already receded, and turn toward what we already know inside and act. Now.
Thank you for this comment. I know it's not the most uplifting piece, but I believe in "say it how it is". We're all in it, and I can only hope that this tide will rise all boats. But we need to have those boats to begin with. And instead, I see way too many people simply try to move their chairs to a higher deck of the Titanic.
From the your livingroom as well? So interesting! I've felt something similar as you here. How sometimes dreams stand out as me being the observer of a bigger screen in a lucid way. In many interpretations, those who dream of massive, overwhelming water are often on the brink of profound transformation or a path toward something great. So maybe what we're privy to seeing is our own future? Such an interesting idea! Either way... seeing ours or something more universal. 🌬️
Speaking of information overload... have you ever used AI as a Jungian analysis for your dreams? It's something! I don't align with everything in that world of Psychology, but many things hold true. The dream analysis is pretty wild stuff. Probably the best use of AI I've found to date. The more you do it with the same AI account, the deeper the analysis gets. It's startling how deeply it connects to unconscious insights.
huh! I have not. I usually just ask myself: how whatever I saw made me feel? I try to stay away from the plot and rather focus on the feelings associated. But I might give Ai a go, lol.
You way is the best way to do it! And you still need to do that with AI. But what it does is give you the symbolic nature of things, those unconscious, universal 'symbols' that come up in our dreams. It's like a puzzle! Whats weird, is that they often line up with our original line of thought anyways.
You made the hair stand up on the back of my neck, Anna. I, too, have been having recurrent tsunami dreams and imagery the last couple of years. Visceral. Bone deep knowing that the world we thought we lived in is gone and a new one is about to sweep us away unless we are prepared and can get to higher ground in time.
I’ve been doing what I can to increase agency, engage my creativity in new ways, and prepare. Will it be enough? I don’t know.
Yours is the best exposition I have read of where we are and what we each need to be doing, individually and collectively, in the face of the many unknowns.
To point out that it will be both catastrophic and a creative catalyst is to understand and articulate for our time wisdom handed down for centuries by sages. To refuse to speculate about external details is a mark of wisdom and a clear warning to each of us to stop gaping at the spectacle, the damp sands where the water has already receded, and turn toward what we already know inside and act. Now.
Thank you for this comment. I know it's not the most uplifting piece, but I believe in "say it how it is". We're all in it, and I can only hope that this tide will rise all boats. But we need to have those boats to begin with. And instead, I see way too many people simply try to move their chairs to a higher deck of the Titanic.
I see much the same reactions and I am very glad you wrote it. It has reinvigorated me to keep on going, and I hope others take your words to heart!
Wild — I too had a recurring tsunami dream as a child, watching it approach from our living room window. There’s so much value in our dreams.
You write some of the best articles I’ve come across yet, in terms of what really matters in the grande scheme of things. Glad to have stumbled here!
sound like you dreamt MY dream.
I sometimes feel these are not really our dreams - we just get access to them.
(and I am very glad the algorithm winds brought you here!)
From the your livingroom as well? So interesting! I've felt something similar as you here. How sometimes dreams stand out as me being the observer of a bigger screen in a lucid way. In many interpretations, those who dream of massive, overwhelming water are often on the brink of profound transformation or a path toward something great. So maybe what we're privy to seeing is our own future? Such an interesting idea! Either way... seeing ours or something more universal. 🌬️
Yup - living room. Front row seat! Let's see what this wave brings.
wild stuff!
Speaking of information overload... have you ever used AI as a Jungian analysis for your dreams? It's something! I don't align with everything in that world of Psychology, but many things hold true. The dream analysis is pretty wild stuff. Probably the best use of AI I've found to date. The more you do it with the same AI account, the deeper the analysis gets. It's startling how deeply it connects to unconscious insights.
huh! I have not. I usually just ask myself: how whatever I saw made me feel? I try to stay away from the plot and rather focus on the feelings associated. But I might give Ai a go, lol.
I know you LOVE AI and all lol ;)
We have a love-hate relationship
You way is the best way to do it! And you still need to do that with AI. But what it does is give you the symbolic nature of things, those unconscious, universal 'symbols' that come up in our dreams. It's like a puzzle! Whats weird, is that they often line up with our original line of thought anyways.