Everything follows the clock. Do dreams act differently?

[Sushan]

This topic is about the August 2022 Philosophy Book of the Month, Living in Color: A Love Story, In Sickness and in Health by Mike Murphy



There is a time factor in any area that we cross in our lives. People have many dreams and plans, but along with many other factors time is a crucial determinator when it comes to fulfill them. But this author thinks otherwise.

Dreams don’t follow the clock, they follow the heart

(Location 332 - Kindle version)

What do you think about this idea? Can we even bend time if we follow our hearts, given that the heart is set in the correct path?

[stevie]

People have many dreams and plans, but along with many other factors time is a crucial determinator when it comes to fulfill them. But this author thinks otherwise.

Dreams don’t follow the clock, they follow the heart

(Location 332 - Kindle version)

What do you think about this idea? Can we even bend time if we follow our hearts, given that the heart is set in the correct path?

I've not read more of the book than your quote. The quote doesn't seem to contradict what you say: the thesis "Dreams don’t follow the clock, they follow the heart" appears to be compatible with the thesis that "time is a crucial determinator when it comes to fulfill" those dreams.

[JackDaydream]

This topic is about the August 2022 Philosophy Book of the Month, Living in Color: A Love Story, In Sickness and in Health by Mike Murphy



There is a time factor in any area that we cross in our lives. People have many dreams and plans, but along with many other factors time is a crucial determinator when it comes to fulfill them. But this author thinks otherwise.

Dreams don’t follow the clock, they follow the heart

(Location 332 - Kindle version)

What do you think about this idea? Can we even bend time if we follow our hearts, given that the heart is set in the correct path?

It may be that dreams step outside of the linear dimensions of time. This may be different to the everyday sentience of human experiences, connecting to other dimensions, including the nature of eternity. This may be a little different from the way in which physical causation is experienced, especially in relation to the 3D nature of reality in which most experiences are usually perceived,Within 'dream reality' there is a weaving in and out of the usual framework of consciousness, including going beyond the scope of clockwork time, into a wider perspective of eternity as a source and point of reference for understanding the larger picture and perspective of experience.

[stevie]

It may be that .... This may be...This may be a little different from ...

You know what all your "may be[s]" may be?

[JackDaydream]

It may be that .... This may be...This may be a little different from ...

You know what all your "may be[s]" may be?

My thinking seems to involve a lot of may be's, bound up with a lot uncertainty. Perhaps, I should adopt 'May Be' as a prefix to Daydream, in order to convey more fluidity to my Daydream self. If anything, dreams are about the may be's in the surreal imagination and the fluidity connected to the inbetweeness of the real and unreal, outside of space and time.

[Gee]

Jack,

Actually, you are correct. Dreams do not follow the clock because they source from the unconscious aspect of mind, some parts of which do not acknowledge time. Emotion also works through the unconscious, so it is reasonable to state that dreams follow the heart and not the clock.

You can look up Blanco's work where he found that there is a logic that can be found in the unconscious as long as one dismisses time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio_Matte_Blanco

Gee