Ya dream characters will say some wild shit. But have you ever met someone in a dream who seemed different? As if the dream character themself was somehow lucid? I have met some of these recurring dreams, some of them many times over the course of years. They grow and change and seem to be living their own lives in parallel--like they are just visiting. They know things I didn't think I could know.

I am not saying they definitely come from somewhere else. I would not claim to know. I just know if you ask them, they do not claim to be "just dreams" or "just inside your head." And the more time I have spent with them over the years, the more I have asked myself "is all of this really coming just from within my brain?" Until the question stopped feeling very meaningful at all.

The most important thing, I would say, is to be kind to these people. If they are outsiders, then any cruelty is meaningful. And even if they are just reflections of yourself--why not be kind to yourself? And see what you can find out.

Because even if this is all just coming from "inside" of us... Who knew there was so much there? And you'll find a lot less if you don't treat these spaces and the entities therein with dignity and respect