In My Dreams by Bodhi Smith

Feb 04, 2022

"in my dreams" is my brand new impression and blog...
 
"in my dreams, there you are each night. in my dreams, i've always known you. in my dreams, we talk without talking. in my dreams, we're lovers all-night-long under the milky way. in my dreams, we're entwined and connected in passion's embrace. in my dreams, we glow as one in erupting rapture. in my dreams, we sleep in peace spooning together...there you are, but it seems only, in my dreams" ― bodhinku, in my dreams
 
"i dream, to
breathe, to
sigh, to
float, above
clouds, over
raindrops, through
sunrise and sunset, across
the starry sky, beyond
the milky way, into
my every atom, throughout" 
 
"she's my dream, something i can't photograph. she's my dream girl and i long for the day she walks out of my dreams and becomes my dream come true" ― bodhinku, in my dreams
 
"i keep hoping one day i'll awaken and somehow she'll be lying by my side. and as i wonder if the dawn is really breaking, she touches me and suddenly i'm alive...and we climb and climb, and at the top we fly! let the world go on below us, we are lost in time. and i don't know really what it means, all i know is that you love me, in my dreams" ― reo speedwagon, in my dreams
 
"for thousands of nights i dreamed of making love to you. no man on earth has ever hated sunrise as i do" ― lisa kleypas, dreaming of you  
 
"i dreamt that she sat by my head, tenderly ruffling my hair with her fingers, playing the melody of her touch. i looked at her face and struggled with my tears, till the agony of unspoken words burst my sleep like a bubble. i sat up and saw the glow of the milky way above my window, like a world of silence on fire, and i wondered if at this moment she had a dream that rhymed with mine" ― rabindranath tagore, stray birds
 
"the image is a dream. the beauty is real" ― richard bach, jonathan livingston seagull 
 
"dream and love are just words...until you decide to experience them" ― paulo coelho, the alchemist
 
"at that moment it seemed to him that time stood still and the soul of the world surged within him. when he looked into her dark eyes, he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke. the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. it was love. something older than humanity, more ancient than the earth. something that exerted the same force whenever two pairs of eyes met, as had theirs here. she smiled, and that was certainly an omen. the omen he had been awaiting without even knowing he was for all his life...it was the pure language of the world. it required no explanation, just as the universe needs none as it travels through endless time. what the boy felt at that moment was that he was in the presence of the only woman in his life, and that, with no need for words, she recognized the same thing. he was more certain of it than of anything in the world. because, when you know that language, it's easy to understand that someone in the world awaits you, whether it's in the middle of the desert or in some great city. and when two such people encounter each other, and their eyes meet, the past and the future become unimportant. there is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written by one hand only. it is the hand that evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in the world. without such love, one's dreams would have no meaning" ― paulo coelho, the alchemist
 
"never stop dreaming...when a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize their dream" ― paulo coelho, the alchemist
 
"if i'm really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day" ― paulo coelho, the alchemist
 
"i choose to hold you in my dreams...for in my dreams, you have no end" ― jalaluddin rumi, the essential rumi
 
"i found my dreams and suspended me there. i saw how my heart had fallen on your path singing a song...between my love and my heart, things were happening which slowly slowly made me recall everything. you amuse me with your touch, although i can’t see your hands. you have kissed me with tenderness, although i haven’t seen your lips. you are hidden from me. but it is you who keeps me alive" ― jalaluddin rumi, the music and silence of the heart
 
"i have spent my life dreaming of your face. now, i have to find you." ― jalaluddin rumi, poems of ecstasy and longing
 
"only do not forget, if i wake up crying, it's only because in my dream i'm a lost child hunting through the leaves of the night for your hands" ― pablo neruda
 
"dreams have to be made real, not reality changed into dreams." ― osho, book of wisdom
 
"i dream my painting, and i paint my dream" ― vincent van gogh
 
"love is a magic ray emitted from the burning core of the soul and illuminating the surrounding earth. it enables us to perceive life as a beautiful dream between one awakening and another" ― khalil gibran, the prophet
 
"so here it is, another chance. wide awake you face the day. your dream is over...or has it just begun?" ― christopher degarmo, lead guitarist queensryche
 
"close your eyes, see me smile. take a deep breath...and as you read this, at this very second, across all time and space, i'm kissing you, my loving hug is floating around you as a soft sigh when you exhale that next breath" ― bodhinku, dreams
  
"the girl of my dreams
all night you glow in starlight
so real it all seems" ― dreamgirl, a haiku by bodhinku
 
"my life becomes so much easier, and my dreams much more lucid when i let go of things, just let things be, accepting my life for what it is, especially accepting that apology that i never got...and from the immortal words of rumi: what's forgiveness anyway? it's the fragrance that flowers give when they are crushed..." ― bodhinku, my dreams 
 
"you are coming; i can feel you on the breeze, i can see you in my dreams. these ages apart have been the longest, loneliest that i can remember. and they too shall fade as love weaves light from darkness stitching together the well worn tapestries of our spirits and all that went before dissolves...until the day you are in my arms once more, you lie cradled in my heart; and i am lost in eternal ribbons of memory. the landscape of time and space is a reminder of your existence. your place among the heavens as the brightest of stars, the true north that guides this vessel back home once more" ― c. ara campbell (with additions by bodhinku)
 
seems like there are so many great tunes about dreams and dreaming, it was hard to narrow it down to only a few for this blog, and i even included more songs than i normally have in my blogs...this next tune i would like you to give a good ear and listen to is "these dreams" by heart from the mid-1980s...this song has some of the deepest meaningful lyrics you will ever read and hear, they are just so profoundly beautiful. it's definitely my favorite song ever performed by the rock group heart, and also a favorite all time song for me by any artist, it's timeless, flowing so effortlessly, i could listen to it at any time and never get tired of it...
 
"spare a little candle, save some light for me. figures up ahead, moving in the trees. white skin in linen perfume on my wrist. and the full moon that hangs over these dreams in the mist...darkness on the edge, shadows where i stand. i search for the time on a watch with no hands. i want to see you clearly, come closer than this. but all i remember are the dreams in the mist...these dreams go on when i close my eyes. every second of the night, i live another life. these dreams that sleep when it's cold outside. every moment i'm awake, the further i'm away...is it cloak 'n' dagger, could it be spring or fall? i walk without a cut through a stained glass wall. weaker in my eyesight, the candle in my grip. and words that have no form, are falling from my lips...these dreams go on when i close my eyes. every second of the night, i live another life. these dreams that sleep when it's cold outside. every moment i'm awake, the further i'm away...there's something out there i can't resist. i need to hide away from the pain. there's something out there, i can't resist...the sweetest song is silence that i've ever heard. funny how your feet in dreams never touch the earth. in a world full of princes, freedom is a kiss. but the prince hides his face from dreams in the mist...these dreams go on when i close my eyes. every second of the night, i live another life. these dreams that sleep when it's cold outside. every moment i'm awake, the further i'm away..." ― heart, these dreams 
 
"it would be very interesting to preserve photographically not the stages, but the metamorphoses of a picture. possibly one might then discover the path followed by the brain in materializing a dream" ― pablo picasso
 
"until the day you are in my arms, you are the warmth in my heart flowing through all of my veins. you stay deep in my spirit as the light in the darkness. you're transcending my subconsciousness as the sweet guardian angel watching over me, right there always in each lucid dream about our love and faith in each other" ― bodhinku, in my dreams
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MEANING
"i always say to dream big, but dream real...still, where is she? i want to die with memories of her, not dreams" ― bodhinku, dreams
 
"somebody
to lay with,
nothing in between.
lost in a breath
existing in a dream.
to be naked
to our souls
and give everything unseen." 
 
"dreams" are defined by merriam-webster as:
1. a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep
2. experiences of waking life having characteristics of deep imagination or releases from reality
3. something notable for its beauty, excellence, or enjoyable quality
4. a strongly desired goal or purpose; something that fully satisfies a wish
5. to experience a series of thoughts, emotions, images, visions, and fantasies while sleeping
6. to imagine or consider as a possibility
 
and it distinctly seems that the word "dreams" carries each of these qualifying meanings for me...especially when viewing this photographic impression of mine...as it's a dream in my mind, just as she is my dream...
 
in this impression metaphorically, i'm clearly the cypress tree, all alone with only my reflection. so that means then that she is the glowing milky way overhead. and oh how i adore and love the milky way. she is my beautiful temptress that visits me constantly in my visions, both awake and asleep. she is made up of the light glowing from billions of suns, shining eternally, leading me into and though the darkness, guiding my path...and my meaning is destined to be forever written in those stars of hers...
 
"if your love for me was a star in the sky, my love for you would be the milky way, glowing alive with billions of you inside of me" ― bodhinku, signs from somewhere over the milky way 
 
my dreams really reflect my hopes and desires, and seems lately that my o-c-d is fixated on being alone and lonely...mostly because of me being so difficult with my standards pretty high, wanting to find her and accepting nothing less than her...but it's not all just that...i've had some unfortunate experiences with lovers who were deceptive, toxic, keeping me hidden and using me only for their own gains...
 
but gotta let go of all of that, because negativity comes back in your dreams at night...

my life becomes so much easier, and my dreams much more lucid when i let go of things, just let things be, accepting my life for what it is, especially accepting that apology that i never got...and from the immortal words of 13th century sufi poet jalaluddin rumi: "what's forgiveness anyway? it's the fragrance that flowers give when they are crushed"1...
 
so this is another blog where i call out to her to find me in the flesh. she's my dream, something i can't photograph. she's my dream girl and i long for the day she walks out of my dreams and becomes my dream come true...
 
and i cannot wait for my favorite quote from dr. seuss to come true for me..."you know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams"2...
 
i want to be like all those people who dream and wait for the night to end, who long for the light so they can hold the ones they love...
 
"i know i can't search for happiness. happiness will never come to me. happiness can only come from within me, even if all my dreams of her come true" ― bodhinku, in my dreams
 
and i cannot wait to oneday say something similar to this when i finally meet her (quote from steve maraboli): "when we are born, the soul we are given is split apart and half of it is given to someone else. throughout our lives, we search for the person with the other half of our soul. very few ever succeed...i am blessed that we have met. in a sudden moment, warm within your loving glare, my soul said, "at last! i can rest. i have found my missing half." when this happens, it is said we have found our soul mate. we are happy and at peace. when we shared ourselves, we were engulfed in eternity, dancing in a timeless universe. i am truly blessed because that day, my heart recognized you as a part of its own...thank you for blessing me with you. thank you for dreaming with me, for seeing the same future as i do. for your beautiful eyes, reminding me of the truest bliss in life. i am forever grateful for you...i will spend an eternity loving you, caring for you, respecting you, showing you every day that i hold you as high as the stars. i am only sorry that it’s taken me this long to find you. i shall make it up to you, my flower, as long as we live. i love you!"3
 
these following words are for her, the one i know without knowing:
 
in my dreams, there you are each night. in my dreams, i've always known you. in my dreams, we talk without talking. in my dreams, we're lovers all-night-long under the milky way. in my dreams, we entwine connected in passion's embrace. in my dreams, we glow as one in erupting rapture. in my dreams, we sleep in peace spooning together...there you are, but it seems only, in my dreams...
 
"she's my dream girl, and i'm warmed in a blanket of her smiles each night as i sleep" ― bodhinku, dream girl
 
so i must sigh...
 
until the day you are in my arms, you are the warmth in my heart flowing through all of my veins. you stay deep in my spirit as the light in the darkness. you're transcending my subconsciousness as the sweet guardian angel watching over me, right there always in each lucid dream about our love and faith in each other...
 
when i'm awake, my biggest fear is time running out in this life. but i know through my dreams that i've always known you, you've always been there with me, my eyes reflect your eyes, time just does not matter with us. we've lived other lives together, we'll live together again one day, and be as one in other lives to come...
 
"time does not exist. there's no element of time in love or a dream. they are both always right here waiting for you to experience them when you need them" ― bodhinku, love and time
 
whenever i want you, all i have to do is dream. but i want you to be real. i want to touch you and look deep into your eyes. hold hands together. stargaze together. travel and explore this world with me. watch sunrises and sunsets together. i need you to smile with me, kiss, hug, and hold me. make love to me. be the last sight my eyes see before i fall asleep a night, and the first thing when they open again in the morning...dream girl, come to me soon, make my life more complete and full of your joy...
 
"eternally each night, she glows down freely from the heavens. however, without somebody to see her, she has no meaning...his eye is what interprets her impression. his eye sees and understands her for who she is...his eye creates the art of her light for all to see, and captures her beauty forever...he becomes the eye of her light, he becomes her meaning...and she becomes his purpose" ― bodhinku, his eye-her light
 
this song, a rock classic  from 1987, gives me hopeful tears longing for her each time i sing along with it. this magical tune has lyrics which instantly evoke my feelings about her, seeing her only in my dreams...it's sung in such a beautiful way, a way i can relate and sing from my own heart...and with it having the same title as my impression to go along with its profoundly powerful connotation, it's the perfect accompaniment to connect music with the meaning of my impression and blog today: "in my dreams" by reo speedwagon ... (just click on any of the words in the powder blue links to listen to the tune and watch the video) ...
 
"there was a time some time ago when every sunrise meant a sunny day, oh a sunny day. but now when the morning light shines in, it only disturbs the dreamland where i lay, oh where i lay. i used to thank the lord when i'd wake for life and love and the golden sky above me. but now i pray the stars will go on shining, you see in my dreams you love me...daybreak is a joyful time, just listen to the songbird harmonies, oh the harmonies. but, i wish the dawn would never come, i wish there was silence in the trees, oh the trees. if only i could stay asleep at least i could pretend you're thinking of me. because nighttime is the one time i am happy, you see in my dreams you love me...we climb and climb, and at the top we fly. let the world go on below us, we are lost in time. and i don't know really what it means, all i know is that you love me, in my dreams...i keep hoping one day i'll awaken and somehow she'll be lying by my side. and as i wonder if the dawn is really breaking, she touches me and suddenly i'm alive. and, we climb and climb, and at the top we fly. let the world go on below us, we are lost in time. and i don't know really what it means, all i know is that you love me, in my dreams...and we climb and climb and at the top we fly. let the world go on below us, we are lost in time. and i don't know really what it means, all i know is that you love me in my dreams, oh-oh-oh only in my dreams" ― reo speedwagon, in my dreams  
 
"i've known from my dreams that i've always known you. there you are each night, forever present, a beautiful light. my lucid glowing emanation, the girl of my dreams" ― bodhinku, in my dreams
 
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QUOTES FROM SONGS
"dream of one day. but just be sure to live today. be awake and make every moment count" ― bodhinku, dream awake

there's so many excellent songs about dreams, so i needed to include a separate section for this blog to highlight the ones most meaningful and connected to the impression today...here are a few (and their complete lyrics are scattered in differing places throughout the blog as well)...and just click on the powder blue words below to follow the link to the music video...
"every night i pray i'll have you here someday. i'll count the stars tonight and hope with all my might. and when i close my eyes, you'll be right by my side. if i could only have one wish, you'd be the girl whose lips i'd kiss, all my only dreams" ― the wonders, all my only dreams
 
"last night i dreamt that somebody loved me. no hope, no harm, just another false alarm. last night i felt real arms around me. no hope, no harm, just another false alarm. so, tell me how long before the last one? and tell me how long before the right one? the story is old, i know, but it goes on. the story is old, i know, but it goes on. oh, it goes on, and on, oh goes on and on..." ― the smiths, last night i dreamt that somebody loved me 
 
"oh, my life is changing everyday in every possible way. and oh, my dreams it's never quite as it seems, never quite as it seems. i know i felt like this before but now i'm feeling it even more...because you're a dream to me, dream to me..." ― the cranberries, dreams

"sweet dreams are made of this, who am i to disagree? i travel the world and the seven seas, everybody's looking for something" ― eurythmics, sweet dreams (are made of this) 
 
"when i want you in my arms, when i want you and all your charms, whenever i want you, all i have to do is dream, dream, dream, dream...only trouble is, gee whiz, i'm dreaming my life away" ― everly brothers, all i have to do is dream
  
"staring into space, underneath a thousand blankets just to find a place where everything is reachable, imagining is safe. i tried to make it so, i didn't even know: i could dream all day" ― posies, dream all day  
 
"it's understood by every single person who'd be elsewhere if they could. so far so good. and life's not unpleasant in their little neighborhood. they dream in middletown" ― rush, middletown dreams
 
"say you'll remember me standing in a nice dress staring at the sunset, babe. red lips and rosy cheeks. say you'll see me again, even if it's just in your wildest dreams" ― taylor swift, wildest dreams
 
"we belong in a world that must be strong. oh, that's what dreams are made of. and in the end on dreams we will depend, 'cause that's what love is made of" ― van halen, dreams
 
"fly me high through the starry skies maybe to an astral plane. cross the highways of fantasy, help me to forget today's pain. ooh, dream weaver, i believe you can get me through the night" ― gary wright, dream weaver
 
"i walk a lonely road, the only one that i have ever known. don't know where it goes, but it's only me, and i walk alone. i walk this empty street on the boulevard of broken dreams..." ― greenday, boulevard of broken dreams
 
"darkness on the edge, shadows where i stand. i search for the time on a watch with no hands. i want to see you clearly, come closer than this. but all i remember are the dreams in the mist...these dreams go on when i close my eyes. every second of the night, i live another life. these dreams that sleep when it's cold outside. every moment i'm awake, the further i'm away" ― heart, these dreams 
 
"i keep hoping one day i'll awaken and somehow she'll be lying by my side. and as i wonder if the dawn is really breaking, she touches me and suddenly i'm alive...and we climb and climb, and at the top we fly! let the world go on below us, we are lost in time. and i don't know really what it means, all i know is that you love me, in my dreams" ― reo speedwagon, in my dreams  
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MORE BODHIKU QUOTES
and now here are a few more quotes from bodhinku from past blogs to help add to the deeper meaning of this blog today...
 
"magic is real....it's made up of all the things we cannot hold in our hands, things we know exist without a doubt in our mind. things like time, water, light, dreams, music, memories, and love....magic is real" ― bodhinku, magic
 
"in sweet silence of the star light, i see her radiance glowing bright above, i feel her angelic innocence, i play in her magical wilderness...i know my focus is always up to her" ― bodhinku, bright above 
 
"i could be having the worst day, week, month...i found a beautiful night sky split down the middle by the milky way can cure almost any wound, cleansing me of almost every single meaningless thought occupying my time" ― bodhinku, immersion 
 
"realize, the single most important juncture between heaven and earth is, you" ― bodhinku, juncture  
 
"to find real peace is simple, all you need do is immerse yourself in the silence between breaths" ― bodhinku, immersion 
 
"if your love for me was a star in the sky, my love for you would be the milky way, glowing alive with billions of you inside of me" ― bodhinku, signs from somewhere over the milky way 
 
"in my dreams, 
there you are each night. 
in my dreams, 
i've always known you. 
in my dreams, 
we talk without talking. 
in my dreams, 
we're lovers all-night-long under the milky way. 
in my dreams, 
we're entwined & connected in passion's embrace. 
in my dreams, 
we glow as one in erupting rapture. 
in my dreams, 
we sleep in peace spooning together... 
there you are, but it seems only 
in my dreams." ― bodhinku, in my dreams
 
"my new justifications for my life...just gonna let go. just gonna let whatever happens, happen. just gonna go with the flow. just gonna enjoy wherever that leads. just gonna let it be." ― bodhinku, justifications
 
"when dreaming or being fully awake, run towards yourself, do not run away. love is the destination. pain is just the middleman, suffering is optional" ― bodhinku, love and pain
 
"stand at the water's edge. listen. just be. and breathe in the air of the night, feel its energy. see the magic of light and water before you. life begins from this source, i begin from this source" ― bodhinku, magic source 
 
"the most magical things in this universe are light, water, and love...light captures my eye; water entrances me; love surrounds and holds on to me...the things i love the most are made of either light or water" ― bodhinku, magical elements
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MORE QUOTES FOR EXTRA MEANING
and if you have been reading my blogs before, you are aware that in a very large part, this image composition was also influenced along with another favorite song of mine form the late 1980's, silent lucidity by the progressive metal band, queensryche... i implore you to please also give this meaningful and inspirational tune a good listen...
 
i have always loved the subconsciously surreal quality of this song about lucid dreams, but i also love the vision about a silent guardian watching over each of us in our dreams...after 30 years of loving this song, i know who that guardian is now, she is with me each night, with me only in my dreams currently, until that day when our eyes finally meet and she steps out of my dreams and into my life...and i hope you enjoy and think about the following accompanying quotes i have included here to compliment this impression..."wide awake we face the day. the dream is over...or has it just begun?"
 
"hush now, don't you cry. wipe away the teardrop from your eye. you're lying safe in bed. it was all a bad dream spinning in your head. your mind tricked you to feel the pain of someone close to you leaving the game of life. so here it is, another chance. wide awake you face the day. your dream is over...or has it just begun? there's a place i like to hide, a doorway that i run through in the night. relax child, you were there, but only didn't realize and you were scared.  it's a place where you will learn to face your fears, retrace the years, and ride the whims of your mind. commanding in another world, suddenly, you hear and see this magic new dimension...i will be watching over you. i am gonna help you see it through. i will protect you in the night. i am smiling next to you, in silent lucidity..."visualize your dream. record it in the present tense. put it into a permanent form. if you persist in your efforts, you can achieve dream control (dream control) how's that then, better? h-e-l-p me"...if you open your mind for me, you won't rely on open eyes to see. the walls you built within come tumbling down, and a new world will begin. living twice at once you learn. you're safe from the pain in the dream domain, a soul set free to fly. a round trip journey in your head. master of illusion, can you realize your dream's alive, you can be the guide but...i will be watching over you. i am gonna help you see it through. i will protect you in the night. i am smiling next to you..." ― christopher degarmo, lead guitarist queensryche
 
"he's a tree, grounded to the earth, yet reaching for the sky. but he loses hope at times. his faith has been shaken to his roots. he tries to believe in something more and sometimes it’s hard. but he's sifting through the fallen leaves, working through the lessons and crafting new beliefs with his own fingers. he has been struck by lightning and burned to his core. he has been split in two by love and suffered the aftershocks....he's a dancer. and even without a partner, he'll continue to dance and thrive, but it can take time. he needs someone who can meet him equally in the bedroom. he’s not looking to dampen down his desires and swallow his fantasies. he wants someone to dance with him in the fires of ecstasy. he’s looking for a passionate, soul deep sacred union, not just a disconnected quick-fix one-and-done dance...he’s deep, dark and layered. within him beats a kind heart of gold, glowing with love and hope. but with feelings just as deep, he can spend a lot of time dancing with his shadows and moving through the darkness. there are lessons for him here, between the light and the abyss...he does want to be deeply loved, cherished, and adored, but he may have given up on that dream a long time ago. this doesn’t mean he wants to be solitary forever, but it means that the bar is raised higher on who he'll let dance with his sacred soul and be embraced by the powerful beauty of his love. for his heart is worth it. his love is a once-in-a-lifetime, out of this world, rare and mystical dance to behold and be enfolded by. his heart and his love is one of the most courageous, beautiful, passionate and powerful things you will ever encounter on this planet. true, his dance is not for the faint of heart, but this dance is worth it. he will make every single step and movement count, every moment, every heartbeat, always, this i promise you" ― c. ara campbell (with modifications by bodhinku)
 
"whole in its splendor of silence, bound together with the synchronicity of ragged breath, pounding heart and unbridled passions. broken open only in longing, shattering every illusion, unwilling to wear the veils or masks of the past. desire crashes like waves upon a shore taking my breath away; a storm that is at once exhilarating in its power as it is nourishing with its life-giving rains. here is the playground of the soul; the raw, wild expanse of form and feeling balancing on the knifes edge of sanity, rising in the blinding culmination of ecstasy. here is a place of unity; two rivers that merge as one and flow like liquid fire to the sea. here is a journey to the stars; every sound a prayer to the divine, every act of worship upon the altar of the other in deepest reverence and purest love. this is what they must mean by eternity; this sacred space formed by beating hearts, breathless rasps, and open souls joined of one smile. these are the moments of radiant bliss spoken in all ages of the world and silently breathed into the syllables of all languages" ― c. ara campbell
 
"find me under the milky way, soul bare and heart open. let me swim in your spirit past the sentry of time and space that stands in the way and let me love you...pull away the unworthiness etched upon your shores by those too blind to see your value and let me breathe you into the depths of myself in appreciation of all that you are. show me your solitude as i show you mine; all the parts that ache and yearn for more. let me see the facets of you longing to be traced by understanding hands full of reverence. you have the taste of my destiny on your lips and an essence that has swam in my blood since time began; a compass that navigated me wordlessly like a north star back to a safe harbor. you, the home of the soul i longed a lifetime for, the lyrics to a melody i hummed before learning all of your words...wishing only that i could give you my eyes so that you could see your own brilliant unfolding and witness your landscape that has to me become so precious. you, who comprehend the foreign language i speak that fell on deaf ears for an eternity, it’s tongues finally heard fully quenching my parched and misunderstood soil that once stood solitary and barren against the tides...planting 1000 kisses upon your naked heart in worship and in awe of your existence in this universe, i am replete with joy. if a million stars fell from the skies whispering their wishful promises into my open ear, not a single one would i entreat to change a single layer of you. let us stretch our fingers towards eternity together wrapped around dreams and laughter, souls bare and hearts open" ― c. ara campbell, soul bare and heart open
 
"accept what is. let go of what was. have faith in what will be...the way is not in the sky, the way is in the heart" ― gautama siddhartha buddha, sayings of buddha
 
"this is how to contemplate our conditioned existence in this fleeting world:
like a star at dawn, a tiny drop of dew, bubble floating in a stream;
like a flash of lightening in a summer cloud;
or like a flickering lamp, an illusion, a phantom, or a dream." 
 
"i dreamed i was a butterfly. i didn't know if i was a man dreaming i was a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming i was a man" ― lao tzu, tao te ching       
 
"one day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened as reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams" ― salvador dali   
 
"for my part i know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream" ― vincent van gogh, dear theo
 
"i dream my painting, and i paint my dream" ― vincent van gogh
 
"my heart is not captured easily. i'm disinterested in small talk, disillusioned with love, and too focused on my dreams and aspirations to lend anybody my attention for long" ― beau taplin
 
"no one else, love, will sleep in my dreams. you will go, we will go together, over the waters of time. no one else will travel through the shadows with me, only you" ― pablo neruda 
 
"at night, i dream that you and i are two plants that grew together, roots entwined, and that you know the earth and the rain like my mouth, since we are made of earth and rain" ― pablo neruda, 100 love sonnets
 
"accept the challenge of the unknown, of the beyond. Let it become a great dream in your being" ― osho, the secret of secrets    
 
"dream of the impossible: dream of surpassing yourself, dream of your soulmate, dream of nirvana, dream of moksha, dream of the kingdom of god. only then will you start working and moving towards it, and only then with that dream, will your feet have the quality of dance" ― osho, the secret of secrets
 
"no matter how much you long for it, regardless of how much you close your eyes and dream of them, you will still remain alone. for lives you built a home, you built a family, and then you lost it. and all through that you have always remained alone. not even slightly has your aloneness been ever affected. so one who has known, one who has accepted that he is alone, for him there is an indication that consciousness is being. only being is yours, nothing else" ― osho, bliss
 
"either you roam around the byways of your memory, which is a dead dream, or you wander in your imagination which is a dream of the future, which is still to come. you are divided in these two. the present is in the middle, and that is where life is–but you miss it!" ― osho, bliss
 
"a sky
full
of stars
and he
was staring
at her" ― atticus, love her wild      
 
"chase your stars fool, life is short" ― atticus, love her wild
 
"anyone who discovers the person they have always dreamed of, knows that sexual energy comes into play before sex even takes place. the greatest pleasure isn't sex, but the passion with which it is practiced. when the passion is intense, then sex joins in to complete the dance, but it is never the principal aim" ― paulo coelho, eleven minutes  
 
"when we follow our dreams, we may give the impression to others that we are miserable and unhappy. but what others think is not important. what is important is the joy in our heart" ― paulo coelho, warrior of the light
 
"we are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. life is eternal. we have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. this is a precious moment. it is a little parenthesis in eternity" ― paulo coelho, the alchemist
 
"people are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream" ― paulo coelho, the alchemist
 
"if a person is living out his destiny, he knows everything he needs to know. there's only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure" ― paulo coelho, the alchemist
 
"it's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting" ― paulo coelho, the alchemist
 
"dreams are the language of god...no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with god and with eternity" ― paulo coelho, the alchemist
 
"joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. our magic moment helps us to change and sends us off in search of our dreams. yes, we are going to suffer, we will have difficult times, and we will experience many disappointments...but all of this is transitory, it leaves no permanent mark. and one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken" ― paulo coelho, by the river piedra i sat down and wept    
 
"we must never stop dreaming. dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body" ― paulo coelho, the fifth mountain 
 
"but i come with a dream in my eyes tonight, and knock with a rose at the hopeless gate of your heart" ― e. e. cummings
 
"i thank you god for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes" ― e. e. cummings, 100 selected poems
 
"meanwhile myself
et
cetera
lay quietly
in the deep mud et
cetera
(dreaming,
et
cetera, of
your smile
eyes knees and of your etcetera.)" 
 
"you are the answer to every prayer i've offered. you are a song, a dream, a whisper, and i don't know how i could have lived without you for as long as i have...i love you. i am who i am because of you. you are every reason, every hope, and every dream i've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. i will always be yours...you are, and always have been, my dream" ― nicholas sparks, the notebook
 
"nothing would ever compare to that single moment when i first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever" ― nicholas sparks, dear john 
  
"there is nothing like a dream to create the future" ― victor hugo, les miserables    
 
"i want to see you again, touch you, know who you are, see if i will find you identical with the ideal image of you which has remained with me and perhaps shatter my dream with the aid of reality" ― victor hugo, the hunchback of notre dame
 
"you are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it come true. you may have to work for it, however" ― richard bach, jonathan livingston seagull 
 
"the only thing that shatters dreams is compromise" ― richard bach, one  
 
 "the world is a dream, you say, and it’s lovely, sometimes. sunset. clouds. sky...no. the image is a dream. the beauty is real. can you see the difference?" ― richard bach, illusions
 
"make of your life a dream, and of a dream a reality" ― antoine de saint-exupery, the little prince
 
"you were already more beautiful than anything i dared to dream. in our years apart, my imaginings did their best to improve on your perfection. at night, your face was forever behind my eyes. and now i see that that vision who kept me company in my loneliness was a hag compared to the beauty now before me" ― william goldman, the princess bride  
 
"whatever life takes away from you, let it go. when you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. letting go of the past means you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now." ― don miguel ruiz, the four agreements  
 
"i will release this list of my desires and surrender it to the womb of creation, trusting that when things don’t seem to go my way, there is a reason, and that the cosmic plan has designs for me much grander than even those that i have ever dreamed" ― deepak chopra, buddha
 
"how often have you sailed in my dreams. and now you come in my awakening, which is my deeper dream" ― khalil gibran, the prophet  
 
"and like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams of spring. trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity" ― khalil gibran, the prophet 
 
"each star is a mirror reflecting the dream inside you" ― aberjhani, elemental: the power of illuminated love
 
"reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal" ― rabindranath tagore
 
"god, she seemed so real in my dream. i close my eyes, dragging a hand down my face; my fingers linger against my lips. i could feel her. i could really feel her. even thinking about it now makes my heart race. i don’t know what i’m going to do if i keep having such intense dreams about her. i won’t be able to function at all" ― tahereh mafi, ignite me 
  
"give me
a star-blanket night
to keep me warm

a long-gone smile
to comfort me

a pair of rain-blue eyes
to haunt me

a simple soul
...to love me" ― sanober khan, turquoise silence
 
"i dreamt we walked together along the shore. we made satisfying small talk and laughed. this morning i found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. was i only dreaming?" ― maya angelou, even the stars look lonesome 
  
"unclose your mind. you are not a prisoner. you are a bird in fight, searching the skies for dreams" ― haruki marukami
   
"in dreams you don't need to make any distinctions between things. not at all. boundaries don't exist. so in dreams, there are hardly ever collisions. even if there are, they don't hurt. reality is different. reality bites. reality really bites" ― haruki marukami   
 
"the answer is dreams. dreaming on and on. entering the world of dreams and never coming out. living in dreams for the rest of time...i dream. sometimes i think that's the only right thing to do. to live in the world of dreams. but it doesn’t last forever. wakefulness always comes to take me back" ― haruki marukami, sputnik sweetheart
 
"your dream is a reality that is waiting for you to materialize" ― steve maraboli, unapologetically you  
 
"dream your dream; and realize that you are more than just the dreamer, you are the point of origin for its reality" ― steve maraboli, unapologetically you
 
"we all travel the milky way together, trees and men" ― john muir, the mountains of california
 
"how can i not believe in destiny, when there is no difference between my memories and my dreams at night? there's no difference between their reality. and if i dream something first, i remember it later when i am actually walking in the place or looking at the person i first dreamed of. days later. or years later. destiny~she walks with me" ― c. joybell c.  
 
"you are your own territory, not born on account of them but born as the planets are born, born as nature itself is born. Your dreams are the blueprints, the stories you are woven from. Let them learn, let them move according to the lands and the skies you inhabit." ― c. joybell c.   
 
"i regret every minute that you're out of my sight. i regret every step that doesn't bring me closer to you. my last thought each night is that you should be in my arms. there is no peace or pleasure in my empty bed, where i sleep with you only in dreams and wake to curse the dawn" ― lisa kleypas, seduce me at sunrise  
 
"i was loved in my dreams last night. it echoed through me like thunder—i felt it through and through...when i woke up, i couldn’t shake the feeling of her arms around me and the sound of her voice, already half forgotten...the loss was indescribable. and i couldn’t help that feeling of certainty that i have felt this way before. somewhere in time, throughout the ages, i was loved—i was loved and my eyes were wide open" ― lang leav, the universe of us
 
"i have a bed, my very own.
it’s just my size.
and sometimes i like to sleep alone
with dreams inside my eyes.

but sometimes dreams are dark and wild and creepy
and i wake and am afraid, though i don’t know why.
but i’m no longer sleepy
and too slowly the hours go by.

so i climb on the bed where the light of the moon
is shining on your face
and i know it will be morning soon.

everybody needs a safe place." ― mary oliver, dog songs
 
"honesty is a heart that betrays itself for a dream, a moment, a kiss" ― shannon l. alder
 
"you know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams" ― dr. seuss
 
"a dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're fast asleep" ― walt disney
 
"if you can dream it, you can do it" ― walt disney  
 
"you are never to old to dream a new dream" ― c.s. lewis, the chronicles of narnia   
 
"in dreams, we enter a world that’s entirely our own" ― j.k. rowling, harry potter  
 
"dream happy dreams. you are the only one who has ever touched my heart. it will always be yours" ― stephenie meyer, eclipse 
 
"deep in the meadow, hidden far away
a cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray
forget your woes and let your troubles lay
and when it's morning again, they'll wash away
here it's safe, here it's warm
here the daisies guard you from every harm
here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
here is the place where i love you" ― suzanne collins, the hunger games
 
"i think there must be a place inside of us where dreams go and wait their turn" ― sue monk kidd, the secret life of bees
 
"like a blazing comet, i've traversed infinite nights, interstellar spaces of the imagination, voluptuousness and fear. i've been a man, a woman, an old person, a little girl, i've been the crowds on the grand boulevards of the capital cities of the west, i've been the serene buddha of the east, whose calm and wisdom we envy. i've known honor and dishonor, enthusiasm and exhaustion...i've been the sun and the moon, and everything, because life is not enough" ― antonio tabucchi, dreams of dreams
 
"union with your beloved is sweeter than body comforts...we have hands and feet different from these. sometimes in dreams we see them. that is not illusion, it's seeing truly. you do have a spirit body, don't dread leaving the physical one" ― jalaluddin rumi, the essential rumi
 
"everyone has someone: a friend, a lover, a sibling, a child...but i am alone with the dream of my beloved hidden in the corner of my heart" ― jalaluddin rumi, bridge to the soul
  
"sometimes i wonder, sweetest love, if you were a mere dream in along winter night, a dream of spring-days, and of golden light which sheds its rays upon a frozen heart; a dream of wine that fills the drunken eye. and so i wonder, sweetest love, if i should drink this ruby wine, or rather weep; each tear a bezel with your face engraved, a rosary to memorize your name...there are so many ways to call you back...yes, even if you only were a dream" ― jalaluddin rumi, whispers of the beloved   
 
"your soul is so close to mine, that what you dream, i know" ― jalaluddin rumi, in the arms of the beloved
 
"i choose to love you in silence...for in silence i find no rejection. i choose to love you in loneliness...for in loneliness no one has you but me. i choose to adore you from a distance...for distance will shield me from pain. i choose to kiss you in the wind...for the wind is gentler than my lips. i choose to hold you in my dreams...for in my dreams, you have no end" ― jalaluddin rumi, hush don't say anything to god 
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MORE MUSIC ABOUT DREAMS
"when dreaming or being fully awake, run towards yourself, do not run away. love is the destination. pain is just the middleman, suffering is optional" ― bodhinku, love and pain
 
this is a song from the 1996 tom hanks motion picture that thing you do about the super fast rise and subsequent fall of a pop rock band named the wonders... "all my only dreams" by the wonders ... (just click on any of words in the powder blue links to listen to the song)...  

"every night i pray i'll have you here someday. i'll count the stars tonight and hope with all my might. and when i close my eyes, you'll be right by my side. if i could only have one wish, you'd be the girl whose lips i'd kiss, all my only dreams. and when i close my eyes, you'll be right by my side. if i could have just one request, stay with me, girl, i confess all my only dreams. any waking hour, it seems i only have you in my dreams. so every night i'll pray i'll have you here one day. i'll count the stars tonight and hope with all my might that when i close my eyes, you'll be right by my side. if i could have just one request, stay with me, girl, i confess all my only dreams" ― the wonders, all my only dreams
 
another here is another tune to give a listen...its from 2004, and this song is easily one of my top five favorite songs of all time...it's one that i've always held true to my heart and soul for nearly the past twenty years. i loved to listen to it when i used to backcountry splitboard and i was climbing a mountain in deep snow and freezing cold, and needed to dig deep and persevere all the exhaustion and corresponding pain at high altitudes, to reach the top, still standing...and then ride down the north-face floating down through chutes of untouched powder and then glading across pristine snowfields (sigh) ... "boulevard of broken dreams" by greenday ...(just click on the blue link to listen to the song) 
 
"i walk a lonely road, the only one that i have ever known. don't know where it goes, but it's only me, and i walk alone. i walk this empty street on the boulevard of broken dreams, where the city sleeps and i'm the only one, and i walk alone. i walk alone, i walk alone, i walk alone and i walk a...my shadow's the only one that walks beside me. my shallow heart's the only thing that's beating. sometimes i wish someone up hill will find me, until then, i walk alone....i'm walking down the line that divides me somewhere in my mind, on the border line of the edge, and where i walk alone. read between the lines, what's fucked up and every thing's all right. check my vital signs to know i'm still alive, and i walk alone...i walk alone, i walk alone, i walk alone and I walk a...my shadow's the only one that walks beside me. my shallow heart's the only thing that's beating. sometimes i wish someone out there will find me, till then, i walk alone, i walk alone, i walk a....i walk this empty street on the boulevard of broken dreams, where the city sleeps and i'm the only one, and i walk alone...my shadow's the only one that walks beside me. my shallow heart's the only thing that's beating. sometimes i wish someone out there will find me, till then i walk alone" ― greenday, boulevard of broken dreams
 
and here is another beautiful song, one of my all-time favorite and inspirational rock tunes because of my love of driving down the road, truly a great song to have in your playlist of driving tunes...a song sung so harmoniously and vocalized so hopefully, with a historic guitar riff by a rock-n-roll legend we all miss dearly since his passing. i sincerely hope he is running down his dreams out there in those stars somewhere beyond the horizon ... "runnin' down a dream" by tom petty & the heartbreakers 

"it was a beautiful day, the sun beat down. i had the radio on, i was driving. trees flew by, me and del were singing little runaway, i was flying. yeah, runnin' down a dream that never would come to me. working on a mystery, going wherever it leads. i'm runnin' down a dream...i felt so good like anything was possible. hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes. the last three days, the rain was unstoppable. it was always cold, no sunshine. yeah, runnin' down a dream that never would come to me. working on a mystery, going wherever it leads. i'm runnin' down a dream...i rolled on, the sky grew dark. i put the pedal down to make some time. there's something good waiting down this road. i'm picking up whatever's mine. and i'm runnin' down a dream that never would come to me. working on a mystery, going wherever it leads, runnin' down a dream...yeah, i'm runnin' down a dream that never would come to me. working on a mystery, going wherever it leads. i'm runnin' down a dream" ― tom petty & the heartbreakers, runnin' down a dream 
 
"dream, dream, dream, dream. dream, dream, dream, dream...when i want you in my arms, when i want you and all your charms, whenever i want you, all i have to do is dream, dream, dream, dream. when i feel blue in the night and i need you to hold me tight, whenever i want you, all i have to do is dream. i can make you mine, taste your lips of wine anytime night or day. only trouble is, gee whiz, i'm dreamin' my life away. i need you so that i could die. i love you so and that is why whenever i want you, all i have to do is dream, dream, dream, dream. dream...i can make you mine, taste your lips of wine anytime night or day. only trouble is, gee whiz, i'm dreamin' my life away. i need you so that i could die. i love you so and that is why whenever i want you, all i have to do is dream, dream, dream, dream. dream, dream, dream, dream" ― madison beer, all i have to do is dream (everly brothers cover)  
 
and here if you prefer is the original version by the everly brothers from 1958: everly brothers, all i have to do is dream  
 
"i've just closed my eyes again, climbed aboard the dream weaver train. driver take away my worries of today, and leave tomorrow behind. ooh, dream weaver, i believe you can get me through the night. ooh, dream weaver, i believe we can reach the morning light...fly me high through the starry skies maybe to an astral plane. cross the highways of fantasy, help me to forget today's pain. ooh, dream weaver, i believe you can get me through the night. ooh, dream weaver, i believe we can reach the morning light...though the dawn may be coming soon, there still may be some time. fly me away to the bright side of the moon, meet me on the other side. ooh, dream weaver, i believe you can get me through the night. ooh, dream weaver, i believe we can reach the morning light...dream weaver, dream weaver" ― gary wright, dream weaver
 
"sweet dreams are made of this, who am i to disagree? i travel the world and the seven seas, everybody's looking for something. some of them want to use you, some of them want to get used by you. some of them want to abuse you, some of them want to be abused. sweet dreams are made of this, who am i to disagree? i travel the world and the seven seas, everybody's looking for something...hold your head up, keep your head up, movin' on. hold your head up, movin' on, keep your head up, movin' on. hold your head up, movin' on, keep your head up, movin' on. hold your head up, movin' on, keep your head up...some of them want to use you, some of them want to get used by you. some of them want to abuse you, some of them want to be abused. sweet dreams are made of this, who am i to disagree? i travel the world and the seven seas, everybody's looking for something. sweet dreams are made of this, who am i to disagree? i travel the world and the seven seas, everybody's looking for something. sweet dreams are made of this..." ― eurythmics, sweet dreams (are made of this) 
 
"oh, my life is changing everyday in every possible way. and oh, my dreams it's never quite as it seems, never quite as it seems. i know i felt like this before but now i'm feeling it even more because it came from you. then i open up and see the person falling here is me, a different way to be...i want more, impossible to ignore, impossible to ignore. and they'll come true, impossible not to do, impossible not to do. and now i tell you openly: you have my heart so don't hurt me. you're what i couldn't find, a totally amazing mind so understanding and so kind, you're everything to me. oh, my life is changing everyday, in every possible way. and oh, my dreams, it's never quite as it seems, because you're a dream to me, dream to me..." ― the cranberries, dreams
 
"i've got a lot of thoughts, got a lot of plans. i lost a lot of sleep trying to understand: i could dream all day...in a blackened room, staring into space, underneath a thousand blankets just to find a place where everything is reachable, imagining is safe. i tried to make it so, i didn't even know: i could dream all day...i dreamt i was awake, my mouth was colored grey as the world revolved around me i could only say: i could dream all day" ― posies, dream all day   
 
"world turns black and white, pictures in an empty room. your love starts fallin' down, better change your tune. yeah, you reach for the golden ring, reach for the sky. baby, just spread your wings and get higher and higher, straight up we'll climb. we'll get higher and higher, leave it all behind...run, run, run away like a train runnin' off the track. got the truth bein' left behind, fall between the cracks. standin' on broken dreams, never losin' sight, ah well, just spread your wings we'll get higher and higher, straight up we'll climb. we'll get higher and higher, leave it all behind...so baby, dry your eyes, save all the tears you've cried. oh, that's what dreams are made of. 'cause we belong in a world that must be strong. oh, that's what dreams are made of. yeah, we'll get higher and higher, straight up we'll climb. higher and higher, leave it all behind. oh, we'll get higher and higher, who knows what we'll find. so baby, dry your eyes, save all the tears you've cried. oh, that's what dreams are made of. oh baby, we belong in a world that must be strong. oh, that's what dreams are made of. and in the end on dreams we will depend, 'cause that's what love is made of" ― van halen, dreams
 
"in the dark, and i'm right on the middle mark. i'm just in the tier of everything that rides below the surface. and i watch from a distance seventeen. and i'm short of the others dreams of being golden and on top. it's not what you painted in my head. there's so much there instead of all the colors that i saw. oh, we all are living in a dream, but life ain't what it seems. oh, everything's a mess. and all these sorrows i have seen, they lead me to believe that everything's a mess. but i wanna dream, i wanna dream. leave me to dream...in the eyes of a teenage crystallized. oh, the prettiest of lights that hang the hallways of the home.and the cries from the strangers out at night, they don't keep us up at night. we have the curtains drawn and closed. we all are living in a dream, but life ain't what it seems. oh, everything's a mess. and all these sorrows i have seen, they lead me to believe that everything's a mess. but i wanna dream, i wanna dream. leave me to dream...i know all your reasons to keep me from seeing everything is actually a mess. but now i am leaving. all of us were only dreaming, everything is actually a mess. we all are living in a dream, but life ain't what it seems. oh, everything's a mess. and all these sorrows i have seen. they lead me to believe that everything's a mess. but i wanna dream, i wanna dream. leave me to dream. i wanna dream, i wanna dream. leave me to dream" ― imagine dragons, dream 
 
"come on out of your dreams and wake up from your reverie. time is here don't go to sleep. streets are running on the brink. they say that we've got nothing but a dollar for a life of sin. because there's trouble on the way, oh there's trouble on the way. get a dog and pony for a judgement day. here we are running circles around around around around. when nothing's right, just close your eyes close your eyes and you're gone...dreams (dreams) d-d-d-dreams. sheets makin' me hot, sheets makin' me hot. dreams d-d-d-dreams. she's making me high, i wanna get me free. nothing gonna get me in my world...now can these broken wings free me? about a light year from reality. if you want to fall in a dream, you could put the weight right onto me...here we are running circles around around around around. when nothing's right, just close your eyes close your eyes and you're gone...dreams (dreams) d-d-d-dreams. sheets makin' me hot, sheets makin' me hot. dreams d-d-d-dreams. he's making me high, i wanna get me free...nothing gonna get me in my world. nothing gonna get me in my world...ahhhh, stop fucking with my dreams dreams yeah. ahhhh, stop fucking with my dreams dreams yeah. ahhhh, here we are...running circles around around around around.when nothing's right, just close your eyes close your eyes and you're gone... dreams (dreams) d-d-d-dreams. sheets makin' me hot, sheets makin' me hot. dreams d-d-d-dreams. all day and all night, i wanna get me free...nothing gonna get me in my world. nothing gonna get me in my world" ― beck, dreams 

"i'm gonna give my aimless love, my angry heart, my desire. i woke with wings from lucid dreams. i knew the reason i felt hollow. was it? i may never know if there is some great truth or not. there is no...i'll dream a nation of you (woah, woah) a new utopia for you to live in. i'll dream a nation of me (woah, woah) a new ambrosia that we can live in. lucid dreams, uh-huh yeah i'm livin' in lucid dreams, uh-huh yeah. sweep slides on my stereo, short wave ride my rodeo. became from that of savalon, but i'm flyin' to istanbul. oh, so why don't you come along? i'll dream a nation of you (woah, woah), a new utopia for you to live in. i'll dream a nation of me (woah, woah), another narnia that we can live in. lucid dreams, uh-huh yeah. i'm livin' in lucid dreams, uh-huh yeah. lucid dreams, i'm livin' in lucid dreams. i'm living on shortwave steams tonight. lucid dreams, i'm livin' in lucid dreams. i'm living on shortwave steams tonight. i'm livin' in lucid dreams, uh-huh yeah. i'm livin' in lucid dreams, uh-huh yeah, uh-huh, yeah" ― franz ferdinand, lucid dreams
  
"the office door closed early. the hidden bottle came out. the salesman turned to close the blinds. a little slow now, a little stout. but he's still heading down those tracks any day now for sure. another day as drab as today is more than a man can endure. dreams flow across the heartland feeding on the fires. dreams transport desires, drive you when you're down. dreams transport the ones who need to get out of town...the boy walks with his best friend through the fields of early may. they walk awhile in silence, one close, one far away. but he'd be climbing on that bus, just him and his guitar, to blaze across the heavens like a brilliant shooting star. the middle-aged madonna calls her neighbor on the phone. day by day the seasons pass and leave her life alone. but she'll go walking out that door on some bright afternoon to go and paint big cities from a lonely attic room. it's understood by every single person who'd be elsewhere if they could. so far so good. and life's not unpleasant in their little neighborhood. they dream in middletown" ― rush, middletown dreams
 
"all the leaves are brown and the sky is grey. i've been for a walk on a winter's day. i'd be safe and warm if i was in l.a. california dreaming on such a winter's day...all the leaves are brown and the sky is grey. i've been for a walk on a winter's day. i'd be safe and warm if i was in l.a. california dreaming on such a winter's day...stopped into a church i passed along the way. well, i got down on my knees and i pretend to pray. you know the preacher like the cold, he knows i'm gonna stay california dreaming on such a winter's day...i'd be safe and warm. i'd be safe and warm. i'd be safe and warm. i'd be safe and warm...all the leaves are brown and the sky is gray. i've been for a walk on a winter's day. if i didn't go, i could leave today. california dreaming on such a winter's day, oh such a winter's day, on such a winter's day" ― sia, california dreaming (the mamas and the papas cover)
 
here is some more music which you might like to hear.. "under the milky way" by sia...this is a beautiful song with very meaningful lyrics to my impression here, it is a softly moody song with a melody that adds a wonderful ambiance to my blog today...it is a delicately beautiful cover of the original 1987 version of the song, "under the milky way" by the church...(just click on any of words in the powder blue links to listen to the any song in this entire blog) 

"sometimes when this place gets kind of empty, the sound of their breath fades with the light. i think about the loveless fascination under the milky way tonight. lower the curtain down in memphis. lower the curtain down all right. i got no time for private consultation, yeah, under the milky way tonight. i wish i knew what you were looking for. i might have known what you would find. and there's something quite peculiar, something that's shimmering and white leads you here despite your destination under the milky way tonight. i wish i knew what you were looking for. i might have known what you would find...i wish i knew what you were looking for, i might have known what you would find under the milky way tonight, under the milky way tonight...the milky way tonight...ohhh, under the milky way tonight..." ― sia, under the milky way (the church cover)
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ABOUT THE IMPRESSION
"in trying to understand myself, and things that really make me glow with happiness, i created something special here...one fusion joined together from my dreams, visions, feelings, emotions, thoughts, and illuminations from the inner workings of my combined mind, heart, and soul" ― bodhinku, from my dreams
 
this is an image from my dreams, and although the stars were captured nearby to this location, they were taken from a different aspect and on a different night...and as such, this is a full composite and not an in-frame merge like i so often do with my astro shots. there are two separate images used in the creation of this composition: one of the tree reflecting in the river, and another entirely separate one of the stars in the sky (and reflection in the water)...
 
and it should be duly noted that it'd be absolutely impossible to see the stars with the core of the milky way over top of this cypress tree at any time of year. because the only vantage point of this scene is from the south bank of the stream facing due north, and to capture the milky way core this high in the sky, you'd need to be looking almost due south...so this impression is truly a vison from out of my head, a dream of mine, to create this scene as if i was painting it from memory...
 
the river and tree portion of this image was captured on june 23rd, 2021 just after sunset during blue hour on a calm windless summer evening, and this was a long exposure (f/11 @111mm for 11secs, iso-64)...
 
in my photography, i always use filters to create longer exposure effects, saturate colors naturally, and balance the light in my composition in-camera...i often use as many as four filters at time, and i always use at least one filter in my completed impressions...
 
for this exposure, to get the effects and balance i was looking for, i used two progreyusa filters in the capture of this composition, a 3.0nd progrey antarctica filter to bring the light in the image down 10 stops to create more smoothness in the water and a mystical blurred reflection of the tree in the water...plus naturally staurate all the green and blue color hues in in the image...
 
this was combined with a 0.9 gnd progrey aurora filter to help balance in-camera overall the image the way i envisioned it...in this case, to stop down the brighter light from the post-setting sun coming through the trees out of frame on the entire left side of the image, stop down that brightness an extra three stops and help permit a richer balance of light (especially in the shadows) throughout the rest of the exposure...
 
i also used the progrey g-120z magnetic holder to hold the filters and secure them to my favourite camera and lens combination, my nikon d810 with a nikon nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8... 
 
for the separate exposure of the stars captured a couple nights later, i used a vixen optics polarie star tracker with tripod attached to my nikon d850 with a nikon nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 lens this permitted me to be able to capture a much longer exposure of the stars and not have any star trails, which also gives such beautiful enrichment to all the colors in the night sky, plus lessens any severe coma, while at the same time permitting a much lower iso setting and thus so much less noise (f/4@24mm for 420secs, iso-800), and no filters were necessary in the star exposure, so none were used...
 
i wish to openly thank my sponsors who have always supported me through both the good and bad times...for truly this long exposure impression would not be possible without the use of my induro phq3 series 5-way panhead with the induro (now benro) stealth carbon fiber tripod in combination with the progreyusa filters which i use with every photo i take...
 
"you were blessed with 84,600 seconds today, have you used one of them to say thank you?" ― bodhinku, blessed
 
"if nothing else...if i open my eyes, if i hope, if i cry, if i think, if i sigh, if i giggle, if i dance, if i love, if i breathe, then i have lived a full days worth of life...nothing is wasted, nothing" ― bodhinku, if nothing else
 
"i do not want you to just be into my photography, instead, i'd much rather you take a journey into my pictures, and feel the impression i have created, feel it with all your senses" ― bodhinku, into my photography
 
"my photography is my way of keeping a diary" ― bodhinku, my diary 
 
"contemplate without thinking. be certain only in your uncertainty, content to be completely incomplete. stop the rush. slow down time. breathe and notice. slow down everything. let it all be. shut off the noise. hush. relax. seize this higher moment. reconnect. feel and sense what surrounds you. listen to all the colours of light whisper as they envelope you. see the melody and harmony that float about unnoticed. taste the solitude of all this wonderment. smell the beautiful silence. now discover your peaceful serenity. then, reach out and touch your faith with all your senses. this is my world. awaken!" ― bodhinku, my world
 
i leave you today wishing that bright joy 
and spiritual peace fill your life...
imploring you to make every moment count, 
no matter what, always and forever, 
for that is the only thing that truly matters...   
 
and above all else,
i hope this message and impression find you well.
 
namaste,
bodhi
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