Alex Peak’s Dreams
2008/09/23:  A Dream Within A Dream


     Last night, I had a dream within a dream.  To make this description clear, I will refer to the dream-within-a-dream 
as <i>Dream-B</i> and the meta-dream in which Dream-B took place <i>Dream-A</i>.

     In Dream-B, I had stuff growing out of the palm of my hand.  These were colourful little slits of paper, slightly 
bent.  I had, at seeing this, recalled other things growing out of my hand in previous years, but thought that I had grown 
out of the phase where stuff would grow out of my hand.  However, seeing the colourful slits of paper, I realised that I 
had not grown out of it, and began fearing that I might never.

     Still in Dream-B, I came to the conclusion that I ought to see a doctor, to find out what could be done about my hand.

     Then I leave Dream-B, and enter the meta-dream in which it took place, Dream-A.  At this point, I know Dream-B was a 
dream, and know that I have no actual reason to see a doctor, since there was nothing actually growing out of my hand.  
Yet, I sincerely believed that I was awake at this point, despite still being in Dream-A.  Further, I sincerely believed 
that I had remembered the experience of stuff growing out of my hand, either from previous dreams or perhaps even from 
previous real experience.  If I had to guess, I’d have said that it was in previous dreams.  Nevertheless, what’s 
important to note is that while I was in Dream-A, I had the memory.

     Upon actually waking up, I realised that this memory was a false memory, and that I had had no experience of anything 
growing out of my palm except for the one event in Dream-B last night.

     Make sense?


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