Conscious Creation

Lucid dreaming has Big Franks’ attention lately. The concept is intriguing: the dreamer controls the dream, and can determine scene, plot, character, dialogue, interactions, outcomes . . . everything! Now, Big Frank has to be honest about this; he cannot do this . . . just yet, that is. However, it is conceivable that through this kind of dreaming one could reverse any setbacks in your dream, could put more than a positive spin on events – one could actually change events manipulating the outcome that one wanted. Consider the possibilities. In waking life it is generally acknowledged that humans have the capacity to synthesize happiness. We have all done this. You have some setback, some seemingly unfortunate occurrence: a career stumble, a rejection in a personal relationship, a financial disappointment. You can react positively or negatively to these events. The positive reaction entails some use of explanation (whether true or not) to remove the uncertainty and mystery of the event. We tend to chew on things that don't make sense to us; this leads to stress, worry, and generally prolonged unease. When people write or talk about such events, make sense of them (if only to themselves) they can spin the event they preveously viewed as a negative into a positive one, and make themselves happy! For example, someone applies for a job, doesn't get it, is initially upset, and then convinces himself that it wasn't the right job and there are much better ones still out there. James Pennebaker has written extensively on this, as has Daniel Gilbert, and Jonathan Haidt.

However, and this is where Big Frank takes a radical turn, what if you could not only put a positive spin on events, but could actually change them! Who would not want that power? If, for example, one could master the art of lucid dreaming and create a duplicate of your waking world, then you could begin to manipulate it, tweaking it, or radically changing it to make it more compatible to you. There would be no surprises, no set backs, no disappointments. Big Frank is curious about how this would turn out. Would the dreamer end up, through his overarching egotism and desire's inherent insatiability, in creating a complete hell or a heaven on earth (in your dreams!). You the dreamer become The Creator!