[mgran]

And I was working in a lab with a new species of creature, the size of a grain of sand. There were billions of them in a petrie dish of mine (large dish) and they were multicoloured, different crystaline shapes, very beautiful, and they moved around of their own volition. They appeared to share information by electrical currents, a bit like information in mammals jumping the gap between one synaps and the next.

So, there I was observing these beautiful weird creatures (which I called "Gock") when they started to form a pattern. I was kind of puzzled. When I next looked they had formed themselves into a raised set of letterings,
WHY in block capitals.

This took me by surprise, and I increased the experiments (measuring the electrical impulse etc, which involved electrocuting them amongst other things.) They spelled out various different questions to me, then one day they started to build a tall twisty tower.

Now, there's a gap in the story here... if I were writing this as a novel I'd think of something, but this being a dream, the next thing I know the Gock were liberated, and were swarming in their billion billions across the city (for some reason it was Lancaster in the UK, and they were all over the Gregson memorial) making their way to an island that had been promised just for them. (The island was in a lake... in real life it's a tiny island in a duckpond, but in the dream it was far bigger.) There were lots of poeple who were terrified of them, understandable when they were seething up their trouser legs, but they were on the way to the island. I'd built a bridge for them, and was going to take it down once they were safe.

SO, that's my dream. Understandably I found myself thinking of Moses when I woke up, but can anyone think of anything else to do with this dream? (Besides the obvious... quetiapine gives you majorly dramatic night movies.)

[danvb]

I'm biting my tongue, trying not to reply with a humorous "God complex" retort...

... Hmmmmm... I wonder... is there such a thing as an "inappropriate humor" disorder?

Whoa... maybe I'm the first...

[mgran]

Hah, hadn't thought of that, yet it's so obvious. Could just be that I have absolutely no control (or very little) in my real life. It could be the whole god complex thing showing through in my dreams ahead of a manic splurge... hope not. Last time I had a god complex I spent thousands of pounds on a variety of charities and stupid junk that I'd never need, then went travelling till I had no money left.

[danvb]

Obvious?

WHAT God complex???



Um... I'm curious You said "Last time I had a god complex..."

I thought I was making that up... the whole God complex thing... Hmmmm...

Care to talk about it??? I'd like to know more about it...

...I hope you aren't pulling my leg... Really? A God complex? Interesting...

[Callista]

Your feelings during the dream seemed to be of understanding and protecting these little creatures, yes? I think you have been feeling maternal lately, maybe Even people who don't want children will do things like mentoring novices... Everyone wants to pass on what they know to others, connect with people who trust them. That's just a basic human thing. And I know, because I'm as introverted as it gets, and even I have that impulse. People want to connect with others... even if they are multicolored specks seen through a microscope. Meeting an intelligent non-human species is a dream for many of us--we would get the chance to compare ourselves to people who think differently; like talking to people from other cultures, but ten times better and more exciting.

[mgran]

Originally Posted by Callista

Your feelings during the dream seemed to be of understanding and protecting these little creatures, yes? I think you have been feeling maternal lately, maybe Even people who don't want children will do things like mentoring novices... Everyone wants to pass on what they know to others, connect with people who trust them. That's just a basic human thing. And I know, because I'm as introverted as it gets, and even I have that impulse. People want to connect with others... even if they are multicolored specks seen through a microscope. Meeting an intelligent non-human species is a dream for many of us--we would get the chance to compare ourselves to people who think differently; like talking to people from other cultures, but ten times better and more exciting.

Thank you Callista, yes, you're right, I've been feeling very maternal lately. There are a few babies at our church, and someone always lets me "borrow" one to bounce on my knee.
Regarding the god complex... it wasn't that I thought I was God, but I thought I was on a special mission from Him to help save the world. And I thought I had power over the weather, could make it rain, move clouds, cause it to hail and stir up the wind. Sort of a minor god of storms.

Anyway... I'm past that now. But I suspect if I came off my meds it would start up again.

Oh, I could talk to animals as well, and understand what they were thinking. Now it's one thing to be intuitive about animals, it's another thing to believe you're doctor doolittle.