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Live above the fog

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Above-the-fog fantasies 3 years ago

I’ve been having a lot of flying dreams lately. I usually don’t interpret it as just a dream while I’m having it. Its more like superhuman powers. I’m hoping it means there’s something new and wonderful in my life. But the dreams tend to be kind of creepy along the lines of the traditional view of the sublime.

When I originally thought of the living above the fog topic I was partly fantasizing about being a vampire who can fly above the fog and look down on the smudged cities and suspicious travelers. In the Masquerade fantasy games some of the vampires have abilities like that. I can’t help feeling it would be good for my back.

I once read about a monk who was a poor student but learned to levitate or “fly with the angels” around the church, to repair ceilings or light chandeliers or whatever. If nothing else, this sort of thing convinces me that much is possible with a sufficient use of imagination. If only life offered more handles to living a life of fantasy—without feeling like a child or a freak.



Not just idealism 3 years ago

Living above the fog means having “spots of light” in your life, knowing vibrant people, having great conversations, living life for itself.

You can’t feel like a criminal, or get caught up feeling as though “life is as good as it gets and its not good enough”.

Its not exactly optimism, its more wholesome and less chemical. You have to love yourself for what you do, and ride your chariot towards new opportunities.

Life can be good! Life can be better! Opportunities exist!



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