Are you still dreaming?
CONSIDER THE FACT that every object you see in the world was initially a thought inside someone’s mind. An inspiration from their subconscious. Everything you see in your outer world – even nature, some would argue – was created from thought. An initial ‘idea’ from inside someone’s mind created cities, motorways, Concorde, the chair you’re sitting on, the atomic bomb, the Empire State Building and so much more.
So energy (matter) clearly follows thought.
And our thoughts are created from our emotions.
The overlapping subjects of thought, memory and the subconscious are the lynchpin of Leonardo di Caprio’s latest thriller, Inception. Director Christopher Nolan (he made the extraordinary Memento in 2000) explores these themes to thought-provoking effect.
Here’s a brief synopsis:
Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a master in the art of extraction: he steals people’s secrets from deep within their subconscious during their dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable and open to suggestion. Now on the run, he is offered a chance at redemption – but this time he and his team must plant an idea in the target’s subconscious, instead of stealing it.
Go see the film – and then ponder your own ability to create from your imagination. And how your subconscious mind can block you in so many ways. And yet simultaneously hold the key to so many answers you seek. Exploring your subconscious can take you on a lifetime’s journey of illumination and revelation. Carl Jung wrote a great deal about the Self and the collective unconscious. I’m not going to delve into that here, but I do recommend you read his seminal Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious.
Consider how advertising in both digital and print media subtly manipulate our subconscious daily – persuading us which clothes we should buy, the TV we should watch, food we should eat and cars we should buy. Are we living a dream within a dream? Red pill, blue pill? What do you think?
So how can you explore your subconscious safely? One method is to read experts like Jung and discover how your mind actually works. Then explore those recesses with the help of a trained and experienced hypnotherapist who can take you there in a controlled and safe environment. Meditation is another way of switching off the mind chatter. Drugs, too, which feature heavily in Nolan’s film. But I’m no advocate of LSD, Ayaschua or other trips – natural or synthetic.
Intelligence agencies have been manipulating operative’s minds for decades with the use of mind-control via electro-shock, drugs and other more violent methods. Check out MK Ultra for more on that scary little number.
One element of Inception that is repeated constantly are the magic numbers 582. You’ll see it on the hotel room door, a napkin and other places. Nolan knows his esoterics as the frequency of 528 Hz supposedly has healing effects on our DNA. Gregorian chants and Sanskrit chanting both use this harmonic to great effect to unlock the subconscious and allow greater receptivity and use of the right (intuitive) brain.
If you’d like to experience this sound frequency listen to this video
And for a more in depth review of Inception, check out Devin Faraci’s insightful analysis.
Happy dreaming!
