I had a disturbing dream where I was preparing to go to jail. I don't know what my crime was, all I knew is that I had been sentenced to three and a half years jail. I was upset of course, but I didn't argue my innocence: which is odd, if I'm wrongly accused of anything, I fight like a cornered wild cat. Instead, I decided that I would use the time to develop myself physically, mentally, and spiritually, so that on release, I'd be a better person.
Interesting that in three and a half years, it'll be the end of 2011 and only a few months away from 2012. The dream also coincides with decisions I've made this year, to tone down my ambitions, keep life simple, and take the small steps that will place me in a better position several years from now.
Interesting
Sounds like you've got a good handle on it.
Did the phrase "Her Majesty's pleasure" occur in the dream, or was it just what you thought of to head your post?
Matt
Her Majesty
No, "Her Majesty's pleasure" wasn't in the dream.
It was an odd dream. I felt as if I wanted to spend time in a cell. I remember now that I wished the cells had more light so I could read (they were very dark). Such an odd kind of prison as well, almost like a monastery. I mentioned the lighting to someone else who was getting ready to spend time there as well, and we were discussing what it was going to be like.
Feelings
I think you're definately right to go with the feeling you associated with the situation rather than what the reality of prison may be in the waking world. I've occasionally had horrific, grand guignol dreams, and a particularly bad one recently, but nonetheless my experience of it was absolutely uplifting.
And no, in case you're wondering: I have never played with roadkill.
Matt
you ARE guilty
You are guilty, of course.
Guilty of being an agent provocateur, of challenging people and their belief's systems.
Guilty of trying to open their eyes, expand their horizons.
Guilty of speaking your mind when most people prefer to keep quiet and follow the rules.
You are
quiltyguilty, as are we all :-)-----
It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
hey junkie
you been readin mah diary?
ahem
woot!
Quilty?
You are quilty, as are we all :-)
I'm "quilty"? Oh, it's a typo, you mean guilty. :-P
Well, I can think of worse inmates to have than you guys. Which one of us is Tango and Cash? ;-)
Or maybe a misspelling?
Maybe subconsciously I really wanted to say you're "kilty". You're a scotsman after all, aRRen't ya laddy? :-)
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
constraints
Perhaps the changes you are making in your life feel like constraints. So by putting limits on yourself, that you did not used to have, feels like you are putting yourself in jail, for a limited period of time?
And if that is the case, in the way you feel, there is nobody attacking you. It could be just a period of rest, and a way to limit the outside noise, useful to be prepared better for the next bigger step.
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if everything is under control, you are not going fast enough (Mario Andretti)
it's not how fast you go, it's who gets there first
Monkish
That's what I get from the dream. It almost felt like I was going to spend a few years in a monastery, which to many people would feel like a prison, but for those of the right mindset feels like liberation.
Unless it was a Guantanamo Bay for revolutionary news editors fighting the NWO. ;-)
Don't worry, Rick!
If you send us a pigeon-post 'Help' message, we'll send you a cake with a file in it!!
Regards, Kathrinn
Plan B
Or there's Plan B -- Greg dresses up as a woman, seduces the guard, knocks him out when he's distracted, steals the keys and opens the cell door.
Plan C
C as in catholic - we can petition the pope to excommunicate Rick, so he gets thrown out of the monastery. I do speak German, you know.
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if everything is under control, you are not going fast enough (Mario Andretti)
it's not how fast you go, it's who gets there first
Plan D
After they perform the lobotmy on Rick, I will lift the hydrotherapy fountain, break the window and we'll escape together. You see, I'll first turn off the switch, so the lobotomy will just be an act—I hope you've practiced your convulsions, buddy ;-)
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
review of Mister Gned's dream
I have pulled out my trusty dream dictionary to review Mister Gned's latest dream. Well here it is:
"Happiness, prestige, and prosperity are forcast in a dream of being, seeing, or meeting royalty, unless the dream has some embarassing or unpleasant element in it, in which case it is warning that you could be victimized by underhanded gossip, so keep your private affairs to yourself. " Straight from my trusty dream dictionary. Best!
My take
You are in jail -- just like all the rest of us. And in spite of an abundance of sunlight, it's still very dark in here.
Kat
Yeah, but...
According to his dream, he ACCEPTS to be in jail.
Maybe it's the same with us, but I don't know if it's acceptance, of simple matter of getting used to the bars in front of your eyes. Or not being able to imagine life outside; or maybe the outside world terrifies us, and we end up loving our cozy little cell.
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
Fear?
How many of us are happy to have adventurous mental lives but not so much in outer life?
I know that's the case with me, and I don't even have responsibilities like family or mortgage, or problems like ill health, to use as an excuse!
I couldn't honestly say whether I'm trapped in a rut, or priviledged to be in a place where I can sit and read and think. It may be that I'm in a diluted version of Rick's monastic prison.
Matt
money
I forgot about a part of the original headline.
It was "... at her Majesties Expense".
To feel limited and constrained, but safe and provided for?
it is an interesting line of thought. My signatures notwithstanding, I have not been going very fast for some time now.
Perhaps I should.
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if everything is under control, you are not going fast enough (Mario Andretti)
it's not how fast you go, it's who gets there first