' Will I be able to Dream? '...

These were the last words from Hal the Computer aboard the starship, as he was
being switched off..

This scene flashed within my mind as I was contemplating
the dream state..

Hal was facing extinction and was willing to except it as long
as he could Dream..

He was seeking a perpetual life as a separate
entity as long as he could continue to Dream..

This is exactly what we are
doing..

The Dream is where we are participating by using time as an instrument
of memory and expectation..

The dream is life..

you must surrender the Dream and
gladly accept non-life, non-existence, and non-ego to escape into Reality and
Awaken from the dream...

- thomas