Dream Journal
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I’m in this small plane, being taken against my will by this girl to Appleton, Wisconsin (where Bethany lives). She’s flying low, almost into these tall corn fields. We’re arguing. I’m hanging onto the tail, firing at her, and she’s firing back. I jump forward after two hits and grab the controls. She threatens to crash the plane. I smack the steering control upwards, and the plane hits the ground and slides for a distance. The plane wreckage is now no more than a flattened cardboard box. The girl lies motionless in the ditch. I see this old farmer guy coming, and I decide I’ll come back for her later. I follow the farmer home, asking how much further it is to Veroquah, my destination (this is unfamiliar to me in waking life). He says it’s “only 10 miles” and he’ll find someone to give me a ride. Then he gets distracted and starts showing off his electronics collection.
High Astral Speed: This elaborate plane scene is a rationalization of high-speed travel, caused by someone coming to get me and bring me to Bethany. This is further supported by the fact that the plane wreckage — a thought form created by the plane rationalization — quickly decayed into what looked like a cardboard box.
Distractions: The farmer’s distracted and unexpected behavior means he is likely a dreamer.
Unwilling Travel: How strange that I can be traveling somewhere against my will. I am probably locked into relative motion with the girl who I take to be the pilot and it’s her will that’s taking us together towards Appleton.
Viroqua, Wisconsin: Twenty years later, I looked up “Veroquah” and found it! Viroqua, Wisconsin is about halfway between SSU where I lived at the time and Appleton, only a little ways off the direct route.