{"id":1571,"date":"2011-11-26T22:05:47","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T16:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/wonderful-letter-from-carlisle\/"},"modified":"2011-11-26T22:06:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T16:36:44","slug":"wonderful-letter-from-carlisle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/wonderful-letter-from-carlisle\/","title":{"rendered":"wonderful letter from Carlisle"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody id=\"the-comment-list\">\n<tr id=\"comment-33728\">\n<td>Hi, Shekhar! I found your site surfing thru\u2019 the 498a.wordpress blog.<\/p>\n<p>I find this letter particularly refreshing. It made me go back many years when my (only) son was a pre-teen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSon,\u201d I declared over breakfast, \u201cI had a wonderful dream last night. I\u2019d like to share it with you \u2026\u201d. My son, being one of those \u201cNo Nonsense, Type-A Personality Scorpio\u2019s\u201d, came back with, \u201cWell, Dad; maybe it\u2019ll stay that way when you wake up!\u201d This threw me in for a loop. Was this a rebellious repartee? Was he being a smartass? Or was that \u201cdream\u201d reality, and breakfast with my kid a passing illusion?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you ever have dreams, Son?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looks into his bowl of cereal and mumbles, \u201cYes, but I don\u2019t like to talk about them!\u201d Hell! I\u2019m not going to let him go this easily so I ask, \u201cWhy?\u201d He smiles, \u201cBecause it would make people laugh and think I\u2019m weird or something \u2026\u201d. He went on to explain his dreams. They\u2019re all cartoon-type characters \u2026 but before his dreams begin, there\u2019s this scrolling screen listing character actors (he in the starring role, of course), Producer, Director , and other credits!! And there\u2019s background music \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHoly Cow, Son. Keep your dreams to yourself. People will laugh and think you\u2019re weird or something \u2026\u201d. \u201cThanks for the advice, Dad,\u201d he laughs. \u201cYou\u2019re welcome, Son!\u201d I shoot back. \u201cBy the way, do you ever dream of Jessica Rabbit?\u201d (Now, THAT might be \u2018normal\u2019 in my books!). \u201cNo comment!\u201d he shouts over his shoulder as he rushes off to school.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Shekhar. I\u2019ve also been pondering on \u201creality\u201d and \u201cdream\u201d since then. Some sage was once quoted as having observed that \u201cWe make our own reality\u201d. Could we also direct our dreams? If so, could we choose where we\u2019d want to be? If so, would this be a conscious decision? What is consciousness \u2026? My son served 3 yrs with the US Army \u201csecuring\u201d Iraq and watching scores of his comrades and \u201cthe enemy\u201d die in an immoral war \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Jessica Rabbit is real ,and the horror of war and other unpleasantness happening all over the world is really a dream \u2013 a nightmare!<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed the visit and your thoughts are inspirational. Thank you.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, Shekhar! I found your site surfing thru\u2019 the 498a.wordpress blog. I find this letter particularly refreshing. It made me go back many years when my (only) son was a pre-teen. \u201cSon,\u201d I declared over breakfast, \u201cI had a wonderful dream last night. I\u2019d like to share it with you \u2026\u201d. 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