Inception - Reverie or Reality?

Guest Blogger Kim Forrester


"Inception" - Reverie or Reality?

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream ~ Edgar Allan Poe

I imagine that when Leonardo diCaprio’s latest move, Inception, was pitched to Warner Brothers, the conversation would have abounded with phrases such as “invasion of the subconscious”, “dream control” and “alternate reality”.  But what struck me most with this movie, as the confusing layers of consciousness unfolded and merged, was just how familiar … how spiritual … the whole concept was to me.

Are we actually awake, or do we exist in a dream?

For years, in my meditations, writings and conversations, I have pondered and explored the idea of alternate consciousness – the supposition that our reality, in fact, may just be a dream.  Another layer of human consciousness, with its own set of scientific and temporal rules.

To the skeptical and those with more tangible tastes this notion must seem absurd, but even great scientific minds such as Albert Einstein hinted at the prospect when he stated that “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one”.

The theory of a dream-reality is certainly not without merit, and clues of its existence have crept into the collective psyche almost unnoticed.  The Matrix Trilogy took the concept of reality-as-we-know-it and smacked us clean in the face with it – offering an enticing glimpse of how humans literally could bumble along in their ignorance, and be completely unaware of their sleep-state.  The TV series, Life on Mars, explored the world of dreams, (as did Inception), and introduced the very real concept that we never actually know when we’re dreaming!

Anthropologically, throughout India and Buddhist populations, people seek to find – not enlightenment – but “bodhi”, awakening.  The same is true for the unquestionably spiritual Native Americans, who await the Great Awakening.

It poses the question.  If we are moving towards an awakening, what are we doing now?  Are we sleeping, and simply unaware that we’re dreaming?  When we die and our spirit – our energy - undoubtedly departs our body, is it simply that we … wake up?

This notion that life – reality – is simply another consciousness also explains and adds weight to the growing Law of Attraction movement.  According to Abraham via Gary and Esther Hicks, “You are the only one who creates in your experience—no one else. Everything that comes to you comes by the power of your thought”.  This sentiment is echoed in The Magician’s Way, by Australian William Whitecloud, and through Rhonda Byrne’s global phenomenon, The Secret.  Essentially, the message is that YOU control your experience, your environment and your “destiny”.

Perhaps … just perhaps … our true reality lies in another consciousness altogether and, just as with the visions of our nightly slumber, we are unaware of the freedom at our fingertips.

The freedom to “wake up” to our dream state, and start molding this dream to our own desires.

It is our time. We are awakening out of a seemingly eternal sleep.  We were once awake and are returning to that state ~ John Kimmey, Native American Church of North America

Kim Forrester has been offering spiritual guidance and teaching for over 12 years as a clairvoyant, medium and Spiritual Commentator. She has a passion for media and the performing arts and is currently developing a new spiritual television show, The Centre. Born in New Zealand, Kim has lived throughout Europe and South East Asia and currently resides in Sydney, Australia. www.thecentre.tv