A Complicated Dream
I am convinced that the
universe is a very complicated dream. In
order to create it and keep it going, God the Dreamer dreams a multitude of
lesser dreamers. Each of these
lesser dreamers, or gods, is in charge of dreaming up one part of the world.
For example, the stone god has a long dream that brings the stones into being,
and when the rain god dreams of showers, the rains fall. Their dreams overlap,
and the stones get wet.
Human beings are like
gods – we ourselves are dreamers. As time goes on, we live more and more within
our own dreams and less and less within the dream of nature. This is hard
to see. The fish does not see the water, and the Los Angeleno does not see the
smog. Nevertheless, it is very important that we come to know the difference
between the human dream and the dream of nature, or else we will never
understand medicine.
One of the
foundations of modern life is the dream of time as a mechanical procession of
discreet, uniform units. In the dream, seconds click by in single file from
an unknowable future through a fleeting present into the jaws of an
irretrievable past. Virtually all
humankind has agreed on this view (consensus), making possible a
regimentation of human effort that was unthinkable before hours, minutes, and
seconds were dreamed up. Clock time makes factories possible.
Plant Spirit Medicine
Elliot Cowan
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