Deception

Even though this will seem like a lie:

No one can be lied to who has not first, somehow, someway, lied to themselves.

Self-deception is really the only kind there is.

Dream Weaver

What if, this very moment,you realized you were dreaming: dreaming you were at home, at work, wherever you now are, and that you were reading this note. And in that dream you also realized that as real as it all seemed, there was also a greater reality from which you were dreaming, and a greater essence that is yourself. That you came from eternity and will return to eternity, and that, in truth, you are your dream weaver.

Then suddenly, it dawned on you, that you could not awaken from this dream, until you first demonstrated this revelation, by claiming responsibility for your every manifestation heretofore, and exercising dominion over all things.

Falling into a Deep Sleep

I've been contemplating why we refer to the unconscious as if it were an abyss or a deep well mirroring in its bottom "the face of the deep," the dim reflection of the unconscious Ego. Why do we call a sleep "deep," and why do we "fall" asleep, as if one were submerging in a bottomless gulf? "Darkness like a dream," or "darkness of death," Shakespeare says.

I don't know....