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Originally Posted by bomelia
It always amazes me when discussing dreams how so much commonality exists. If you search the web you will find dream sites that discuss this.
Why do so many people dream about punching or shooting someone? The fact that one cannot through an effective punch is also amazing.
I do have one other strange dream. In this dream I can fly without the assistance of any machine. Just jump up and act almost like I am swimming. Again, I have heard others talk of this one.
Mike
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That's the truth, Mike. I thought the inability to throw an effective punch, or run, might be related to a deep historic awareness of the useless muscles of a cold reptile.
The idea of flying as though one swims is perhaps related to swimming as a fish did. Perhaps flying as a bird is seated in a dim memory of swimming in all three axis instead of the earth-bound sentence of most critters.
It is said that all animals seem to have an inborn fear of overhead shadows, snakes and falling. All lil' critter fears of eons ago.
I sometimes have a dream of being on a tire swing we had as kids. It had a very long rope and would swing quite high. I dream I can keep going, gliding just above the treetops in our yard ...as long as I hold out my arms, legs and concentrate. But if I lose concentration, I fall.
Since railroading, I have occasional nightmares about stopping or an inablity to steer if I slip off the rail. Sometimes I can turn the train around and go back, but then I'm worried I'm going the wrong way. I've had a few nightmarish scares with real brake problems.
I imagine folks flying aircraft have fears of falling; and folks piloting boats have fears of driving underwater or being stuck in a doldrum at full power.
The flying part:
During a recent trip I saw a flock of partridge on the track just ahead. They flew up at the last minute but not soon enough, must have hit 4-5 of them.
The headlights flashed with an electric arc and went out. I was going about 50 mph and suddenly there was freaky pitch black so I set air to stop. I blew a crossing blind so I wouldn't get fired for it being missing on the tapes. As I slowed down, the conductor looked out front and only one out of 4 bulbs was broke. I gave him my flashlight and he found breakers to reset in the rear cabinets. My thought is; what if that happened in a car where both the headlights went at once. Lot more scary IMO.
Wes
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