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No. 319969
When I dream I usually have the same attitudes and beliefs that I do in real life--I may dream that I'm burglarizing houses or murdering people, but I have the same attitude that I would in real life: "God, this is a terrible idea; how did you get roped into this situation?"
Which made this dream very strange to me. I may as well have been a totally different person.
For one thing, I was in junior high, about 14 years old. I was living a normal life and had a friend that I thought of as a potential girlfriend, but no way was I ready to put that idea into action yet. I liked her, she liked me, let's leave it at that for now. And one day she said, "Come and meet my family."
And her family was a large extended bunch, abut a hundred people, not all related by blood. And they lived way out in the country, in a mountainous area all by themselves. They had seceded from the country and the world, more or less, not from any fanatical reason but just because they thought the outside world was too disorganized. "If you want something done right you have to do it yourself, and that's what we're trying to accomplish here." They raised their own food and livestock, and made their own materials as often as they could.
The buildings where they lived were not farm-y or countrified, but a mixture of technology and slapdash expediency, no real central design, just "whatever works". One person had a normal room with a TV and computer and game consoles, another lived in a giant rainbow beaded hippie hammock. I was told that the denizens had a lot of freedom as to how they wanted to live, as long as they did their work competently and contributed to the wealth and stability of the place. And then, I was offered a place there, myself.
Here's what I found odd: in real life, I'd be understandable hesitant, you know, this all looks great but I'd like to think it over, do some research, Google for strange new cults in my area etc. But in the dream, I was thrilled, very excited in a serious solemn way, as if I'd been admitted into the space program. This was a huge honor, and my only concern was whether I'd be good enough to fit in. I hoped that I would.
We walked outside, and there were snowfields close by on the sides of the mountains, even though the air was warm. The snow glittered like huge drifts of crystals. The adult who was explaining all of this nodded at my female friend and said, "And of course, you two may room together, if that's what you both want." My friend rolled her eyes and smiled at me. The adult smiled too. "And yes, I know very well what you'll be doing in there, there's nothing to be coy about. I'll lay down some rules, and you'll follow them too, but once that's hammered out, the rest is between the two of you and none of my business."
Man, when I woke up, adjusting to reality took a little while!
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