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"Wakingupeverydaynot knowing
what istohappen?that isthe
freedomIthirst for."
?I can never read all t he books I want ; I can never be all t he people I want and live all
t he lives I want . I can never t rain myself in all t he skills I want . And why do I want ? I
want t o live and feel all t he shades, t ones and variat ions of ment al and physical
experience possible in life. And I am horribly limit ed.?
? Sylvia Plat h, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plat h
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I ?m not in t he habit of sleeping much, but I dream a lot anyway.
Cont rary t o popular opinion, dreaming is inversely proport ional t o sleeping. The
desires and aspirat ions t hat t ake shape when we?re awake plague us on a daily basis.
And t he more we sleep, t he less we consciously yearn, and, t hus, t he less we dream.
L ist less beings who want not hing sleep as a way t o bury t heir inert ia; awake or not ,
t heir minds are empt y. Average cit izens wit h nine- t o- five jobs sleep seven t o eight
hours per night and spend t heir remaining free t ime pondering over daily life goals:
finish t his report , buy t hat for dinner. Then t here are people like me, people who
sleep lit t le and dream a lot , t hus hungering for more- - more of anyt hing- - t han we
are allowed t o. Trying t o have my cake and eat it t oo would pose a dilemma t hat , in
t urn, would keep me up at night ? a vicious and endless cycle.
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