For years, I’ve been recording dreams that amazed me. I must have written down 200 or 300 by now. Carl Jung might have called some of them numinous—moments when you sense the presence of something 'utterly Other,' both terrifying and awe-inspiring.
Dreams, like encrypted messages, seemed to be trying to reveal some hidden meaning to me.
Sometimes, I could decode them right away, especially with the help of my psychotherapist. But most of the time, I felt like a detective, pinning clues to the wall, hoping to one day find the thread that ties them all together.
Only now, from this oversaturated solution of salt, a crystal begins to form. I reread dreams from 2020 and gasp: “So that’s what you were saying! How could I have missed it?”
I marvel at the patience, ingenuity, and care my subconscious has shown toward my mind, even when it was arrogant, clumsy, and dense. The only explanation is that my epiphany is worth the effort.
Not for humanity, but for me—the one I barely know.
My future self guides, protects, and teaches my present self, like a wise master guiding a careless apprentice. Knowledge flows each night in the form of strange dreams, and each day in vague sensations.
But sadly, the student skips classes as if there will be no final exam.
For more than 2,500 years, the Delphic maxim has been: “Know thyself.” Although 147 inscriptions are carved into the temple walls, this one remains central.
Why? Because everything we so deeply need has always been within us.
Let’s stop looking for keys to a lock that doesn’t even exist.
Yours sincerely,
-Alexander
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