You are at Kroger’s on Tylersville after a
late lunch at Chipotle/Panera. Earlier you and Carol both took walks in the
park – you continued from your regular pattern to beyond the west lake and more
than half way down the south lake before turning around. Once home you both
worked in the yard before heading to lunch.
1441 hours. I chatted with Tim about Hemingway’s Nick Adams recovering
from war at “Big Two-Hearted River” as he had a third of his classes fly
fishing today. The others were sitting in outdoor chairs working on their
journals. He began his “Words of the Wilds” class fifteen or so years ago. He
is best suited to teach it. Tim King has been and is one of Mason’s most knowledgeable
naturalists.
You are thinking on how being a naturalist
was one of Merlyn’s forte as were most of the druids before and after his time.
1452 hours. I can’t help but think of Jesus as a druid of sorts. Some
druids thought of his as such because he was a carpenter, thus a woodworker. I
think it was St. Columba who thought such. Checking on Wikipedia Offline I
cannot see any verification of this however. I read it somewhere and of course
it could have been hearsay. This may be more of the fiction about Jesus than the
man himself. The man appears to have been well used by many people. Perhaps I
am being more cynical than I should be. I’d better be careful myself, otherwise
I will as guilty as I suspect many others have been. Hmm. The concept of capitalism
may have had its start in religious adventures before it was molded into an
economic system. Daresay I could have been burned at the stake for such a
thought not more than a few centuries ago. It is a thought that’s all. I wonder
if there has ever been research on the subject?
The groceries have been put away and you are
parked in the far north Pine Hill Lakes lot. Carol is picking up trash and you
continued thinking about capitalism in any religion past or present, i.e. the
selling of the church in search of a prophet was your last thought – you
thought it a funny line but then were concerned on it being sacrilegious. You
consider people to be capitalistic by nature and cannot think of how this is
usable with the marsupial humanoids. – Amorella
1554 hours. That reminds me, I need to change their structure slightly
to be half primate, half marsupial because their bodies are so similar to
humans, especially with their clothes on, that is, earth culture styled
clothes. I remember it was some time in the late eighties I got the idea of
marsupial humanoids and I did a lot of research at the time but it was more
general. Anyway, there have been several species of humanoids on this planet so
it appears reasonable enough.
You want to account for the marsupial
humanoids both in biological and social growth, but it is not just social
growth I am leaning towards, it is spiritual growth also. – Amorella
1604 hours. I understand this but I don’t have any dynamics on the
‘beginning’ of spirit and how it would grow because I still think of spirit as
in Before, as it were, that is timeless and therefore how would it grow if it
is already matured?
The humane spirit (in the Merlyn books) is
not developed fully because the human species has not developed enough to
accept its fuller potentials. – Amorella
1623 hours. We are home. As I sat down envisioned a chart following that
of the angelic hierarchy according to the medieval Catholic Church. If respect
cannot be measured then how can one’s humanity be measured; if the assumed
heartansoulanmind can’t be measured, then what of humanity?
Do you mean politeness and kindness in terms
of respect? Do you mean weathering societies as families are weathered? –
Amorella
1633 hours. I assume justice is weathered also? Amorella, this cannot be
done. Politeness and kindness as well as respect can be witnessed first-hand
but it cannot be put on a ten-point scale.
In here how about using two divisions,
satisfactory or unsatisfactory? – Amorella
This sounds like my Master’s thesis. I did not like it because if one
did really good work sheorhe still got a satisfactory. I did not seem fair or
just. It still is not fair or just. Then an S+ would creep in as well as an S-.
I am not ready to accept this most everyone having the same grade when some
will naturally do more work than others.
You mean being paid by the hour for the
amount of work one does or does not complete? – Amorella
1641 hours. That’s right. Plus, you have experience on the job and
administrative duties beyond the normal. If one is responsible for more then
sheorhe is entitled to a greater share of the pie. This is the way the system
works.
What if it is not the way the marsupial
humanoid system works? – Amorella
Humans would not like that very much. Everyone having the same yearly
salary? Are you kidding? That would never work here.
It doesn’t. It works there on ThreePlanets.
– Amorella
It is a flight of fantasy Amorella. I don’t want to go there any further
than is already explained in the published trilogy. It was a ridiculous piece
of satire, that was the point, very dark humor from someone, myself, playing
the part of old Benjamin in Animal Farm. Old Ben knew what happened to
the old horses. I am tired of this Amorella. I need to get busy with something I
feel akin to – chapter twelve. I need to take a nap. (1652)
Post. – Amorella
I am sorry, Amorella. I cannot write something without reason being
involved. I cannot understand something I cannot realize.
You both had like snacks for supper as you
watched NBC and ABC News, The Mentalist, Unforgettable and tonight’s Bones.
2223 hours. During Bones I found a pint of Graeter’s black cherry
chocolate chip in the freezer. I had between a fourth and third of the pint in
a small mug. I can still taste it. I should not have eaten it because I don’t
remember ever eating Graeter’s at home. I probably did but it was decades ago.
It feels odd that I can taste it at home and it is strangely disconcerting like
it is an anachronism; eating Graeters out of its proper place and time. I can
still taste the extraordinary chocolate while sitting in my favorite chair in
the living room. How odd is that?
Which of the semi-main characters in the
Merlyn books is an anachronism? – Amorella
2232 hours. I didn’t know there was one. First, the setting is in
dreams. How could any dream be out of its proper time or out of its proper
place? Here is what Wikipedia
says.
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Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that
occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The content and
purpose of dreams are not definitively understood, though they have been a
topic of scientific speculation, as well as a subject of philosophical and
religious interest, throughout recorded history. The scientific study of dreams
is called oneirology.
Dreams mainly occur in the
rapid-eye movement (REM) stage of sleep—when brain activity is high and
resembles that of being awake. REM sleep is revealed by continuous movements of
the eyes during sleep. At times, dreams may occur during other stages of sleep.
However, these dreams tend to be much less vivid or memorable.
The length of a dream can
vary; they may last for a few seconds, or approximately 20–30 minutes. People
are more likely to remember the dream if they are awakened during the REM
phase. The average person has three to five dreams per night, but some may have
up to seven dreams in one night. The dreams tend to last longer as the night
progresses. During a full eight-hour night sleep, most dreams occur in the
typical two hours of REM.
In modern times, dreams
have been seen as a connection to the unconscious mind. They range from normal
and ordinary to overly surreal and bizarre. Dreams can have varying natures, such
as frightening, exciting, magical, melancholic, adventurous, or sexual. The
events in dreams are generally outside the control of the dreamer, with the
exception of lucid dreaming, where the dreamer is self-aware. Dreams can at
times make a creative thought occur to the person or give a sense of
inspiration.
Opinions about the meaning
of dreams have varied and shifted through time and culture. The earliest
recorded dreams were acquired from materials dating back approximately 5000
years, in Mesopotamia, where they were documented on clay tablets. In the Greek
and Roman periods, the people believed that dreams were direct messages from
one and/or multiple deities, from deceased persons, and that they predicted the
future. Some cultures practiced dream incubation with the intention of
cultivating dreams that are of prophecy.
Sigmund Freud, who developed the
discipline of psychoanalysis, wrote extensively about dream theories and their
interpretations in the early 1900s. He explained dreams as manifestations of
our deepest desires and anxieties, often relating to repressed childhood
memories or obsessions. In The
Interpretation of Dreams (1899), Freud developed a psychological technique
to interpret dreams and devised a series of guidelines to understand the
symbols and motifs that appear in our dreams.
Selected and edited from
Wikipedia - Dream
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I
should include the first reference I found also because I am looking for
characteristics of dreams. The author has an undergraduate and graduate degree,
which is all I have so I think Wikipedia is the better article.
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Characteristics of Dreams
5 Major Dream Characteristics
By Kendra Cherry
•
Dreams have fascinated
artists, philosophers and researchers for thousands of years. However, it was
not until fairly recently in history that dreams became the subject of serious
scientific study. While dreams can vary considerably, sleep researcher J. Allan
Hobson (1988) identified five basic characteristics of dreams:
1. Dreams Often Feature
Intense Emotions
One of the major
characteristics of dreams is that the emotions experienced in dreams can be
intense, painful and acute. People commonly report dreaming about deeply
embarrassing situations (i.e. being nude in public) or profoundly terrifying
events (i.e. being chased by an attacker). In some instances, these emotions
can become so intense that they interrupt the dream or cause the dreamer to
wake abruptly. The three most common emotions that become intensified by dreams
are anxiety, fear and surprise (Hobson, 7).
2. Dreams Are Frequently
Disorganized and Illogical
Dreams are full of
discontinuities, ambiguities and inconsistency, but sometimes these things can
lead to downright bizarre dream content. According to Hobson (4), one of the
hallmarks of dreams is "illogical content and organization, in which the
unities of time, place and person do not apply, and natural laws are
disobeyed." Some examples of illogical dream content includes flying, time
travel, talking animals, sudden transformations of both people and objects and
sudden shifts in setting.
3. Strange Dream Content Is
Accepted Without Question
The odd events and content
that occur in dreams are typically accepted without question by the dreaming
mind. According to Hobson, the unquestioning acceptance of dream content is due
to the strength of our internally generated emotions and perceptions
("Dreaming," 5). Within the dream, these strange and illogical
events, perceptions and objects are not seen as being out of place. If the
dream is remembered upon waking, the content of the dream is seen as odd or
even difficult to explain.
4. People Often Experience
Bizarre Sensations
Strange sensory experiences
are another cardinal characteristic of dreams. The sensation of falling, an
inability to move quickly and being unable to control body movements are just a
few of the commonly reported sensory experiences that occur during dreams.
5. Dreams Are Difficult to
Remember
While memory seems to be
intensified within the context of the dream, access to the information
contained within the dream diminishes rapidly once the dreamer wakes. Dream
researchers estimate that approximately 95% of all dreams are forgotten
entirely upon awakening.
Understanding the
Characteristics of Dreams
While many people may
familiar with these five common characteristics of dreams, some may be unaware
of just how common these experiences are. "Dream characteristics and dream
object may be of an everyday nature or altogether fantastic and impossible
collages of existing reality; they may behave normally or indulge in the most
absurd, improbable or impossible actions in settings either familiar or bearing
only the faintest resemblances to those of real life," Hobson explains.
From -
http://psychology.about.com
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Between both articles I don’t see anything
that relates to a Merlyn character being or relating to an anachronism. I don’t
get the point. If anything I sometimes feel these segmented chapter dreams are ‘auto
suggested’ by you Amorella and I stir the pot. Or, I auto suggest the setting,
characters, plot, theme and conclusion. I don’t see anything out of its proper
place or time outside of Merlyn and perhaps you Amorella, as you sometimes play
a character in the books. (2315)
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