> Have any of you ever experienced a sudden insight or moment of enlightenment in the middle of a dream that you wanted to cling to upon waking, but just couldn't hang onto? I'm not talking about anything profound like the Ultimate Truth or a sudden full understanding of the opposite sex. I'm talking about little stuff...trivial knowledge, tantalizing tidbits of info that would have been lovely to keep.
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> Say, for example, one of your hobbies is 20s and 30s mob stuff. Memorabilia, movies, trivia, and so forth. You have a dream one night where a bit of info you'd never really even thought about suddenly just came to you, but upon waking, you lost it. You're pretty sure it was factual info, and you wish you could remember it, but it's just not there anymore.


I once dreamt that I was listening to the most beautiful piece of music I'd ever heard, while reading the score. It occurred to me that I had no idea who wrote it, so I looked up at the composer's name, and it was mine. This didn't strike me as odd at the time.

I woke up, remembered what had happened and tried desperately to go back to sleep to see if I could remember any of the piece at all, but no such luck. Most of my dreams repeat at least once, but the really good ones never do. Sigh. I don't remember any of it at all.

Most of the insights I get from dreams stay with me after waking, fortunately. Either that or I don't remember having the insight or even the dream when I wake.

-Fob"needs to keep a dream journal again"ulis