Dexter Phillips
spoke with great precision, his words striding forth determinedly and without
hesitation. So despite his voice, there is almost an hypnotic rhythm to what he
has to say. This is clearly a subject he’s thought of extensively. I, and
Denise (who I think must have heard it dozens of times before), were both
gripped by his speech.
He has been
having these dreams for over a year. At first he thought nothing of them. In
the past he’s been in therapy and knows that dreams are normally just a
manifestation of internal problems, but these dreams just kept coming, getting
more and more intense. He didn’t know what to do, he thought he was losing his
mind – his relationship suffered and his job (as a university lecturer) started
to slip away from him. Clearly he was cracking up, there was no other
explanation.
But then he was
talking to a student one day after class and was intrigued when she mentioned
something about her dreams. His heart
racing slightly, he asked her more. Their brief conversation turned into a discussion
lasting hours. They realised that, although they had different perspectives,
they were dreaming the same things.
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