The Perks of Being an Oneironaut

About the Author

Well this part of writing usually comes after or in the end of the book but that it would not matter. I dream everyday and I don't know until when will I be able to write these stuffs

You need not to read this but it may add for a good research someday. I doubt you look for me in social media. There are a lot of people with similar name as I do and I seldom share personal stuff so better refer to these notes then.

I am just an average guy, living an ordinary life, so far single, nerdy, athletic, stubborn, and adventurous. I travelled a lot and I am fond of studying different stuffs. Those knowledge and experiences are some of the things I can always recall in my dreams. It is like gathering as much data as I could and play around them in different possibilities in my dreams.

I dream everyday and with that, I could probably categorize mysef as an oneironaut or someone who can travel in his dreams. I always have a pen and paper beside my bed because it interests me to remember and write some of my dreams after waking up. Well I cannot understand the meaning of some of my dreams and out of body experiences but I just realize that they still have impact on my decision makings and principles in life.

I used to live in a squatters area in Manila together with my parents and siblings. Poverty and crime is rampant in my neighborhood brought by drugs, liquor, poor education and other bad influence. I needed to train myself to fight against bullies even in schools. We have always been engaged in trouble until high school. There was no peace in our family as well, my parents always argue and fight. Yeah, I can consider myself living in a distorted community but still thankful to God that we have been surviving and that everything gets better as time passes by. I studied hard and excelled in high school for me to get away from such misery. I used to have mostly nightmares during those periods of my life. Prayers and calling out to God and Jesus Christ have been my best weapon on those nightmares.

When I turned 16, I left home for University. It was more than 5 hours travel from my hometown. There I lived with seminarians and missionaries. Life was so wonderful. I met a lot of people in University and church.I went to so many places and made many friends. Because I was a student, I often lack sleep. Already happy having 5 hours of slumber. I took a lot of nap in the library, in catholic chirches, and in other different places. I was very busy but still had time taking notes about my dreams in my diaries. During my last year in college, I transferred to a boarding house to focus on my studies. There I had a lot of scary nightmares , waking up with sweat.

After graduating in college, I became a high school teacher and 5 years after that I moved to BPO industry. I have been working in nightshift and time management is critical for me to get enough sleep. Currently I am already happy having at least 6 hours of sleep and aroung 12 to 15 hours of slumber oftentimes during weekends. I still got a lot of nightmares and prayers and calling out to God, Christ, and True Parents have been my best defense whenever I have been suffering a lot in those sleep.

As I get older, it seems that I am very much in control of myself in my dreams though I still struggle whenever I experience sleep paralysis. I can now prevent myself from having wet dreams. To confess, I experienced waking up wet during my teens and 20s like at least 5 times a year. I realize it is not really cool to fall for those seduction in my dreams. I now often realize that I am in lucid dream and that I have to engage myself in that story and prevent myself from waking up to get enough rest before my alarm rings. I could say that those Rapid eye movement helps me with my health to the point that I seldom get sick. Looking at my record in my company, for 6 years, I have never been absent in my work due to sickness except for the day when I refused to go to work because of lack of sleep after playing a game the whole day.

I need to work my ass to survive in this reality and I consider being an oneironaut as a gift. No matter how tired I am, each sleep is like an adventure especially during this COVID lockdown where travelling is limited.