Ever dream of the JFKA?

[Lance Payette]

This is Episode 1 of a new feature, "Weird thread of the week." All suggestions are welcome.

When I was heavily involved in Christian theology and apologetics, it occurred to me that I had NEVER had a dream that was even vaguely biblical, let alone a visitation by Jesus or Mary or anything like that. NOTHING. I posted the question on several evangelical forums and people were in near-unanimous agreement that, by God, they too had never had a dream relating to this central theme of their waking lives.

Golf, I have to admit, is probably the central theme of my waking life since the age of 12. Only in recent years, however, have I started having some pretty vivid golf dreams. When Carl Jung, the famed Swiss psychologist, was ill with a terminal illness, he was amazed that he had absolutely no dreams relating to death or his own mortality; it was one of the things that convinced him bodily death was "no big deal" to his core self.

So, JFKA fanatics, enquiring minds wonder if you have ever had any sort of JFKA-related dreams? (Dreams in which Jedgar and Clyde Tolson are doing weird things with inflatable dolls do not count; we would like something a little more directly related if possible.) If you have had no such dreams, don't you find this a bit odd? Bonus points for JFKA-related dreams in which Jesus appeared.

[John Corbett]

I can't think of one time in 62 years that the JFKA has showed up in one of my dreams.

[Lance Payette]

I can't think of one time in 62 years that the JFKA has showed up in one of my dreams.

Considering the things we do dream about - some girl I had a crush on in third grade and haven't given a conscious thought to in 50+ years - doesn't this seem a bit odd? Maybe the JFKA never happened and this forum is in fact a dream nightmare?

[John Corbett]

Considering the things we do dream about - some girl I had a crush on in third grade and haven't given a conscious thought to in 50+ years - doesn't this seem a bit odd? Maybe the JFKA never happened and this forum is in fact a dream nightmare?

I don't know who is responsible for my dream content so have no idea how he/she arrives at the selections.

[Lance Payette]

I don't know who is responsible for my dream content so have no idea how he/she arrives at the selections.

Excellent! I actually am convinced that our dream life - or at least mine - is a major and vastly underappreciated clue to the very nature of reality and What It's All About. The absence of Jesus and Jedgar and both Harvey and Lee should perhaps tell us that what we spend most of our waking lives focusing on is actually pretty close to Completely Unimportant. The programmer of your dream content is the Cosmic You who far transcends the LN zealot who thinks the SBT is Really Important Stuff.

[John Corbett]

Excellent! I actually am convinced that our dream life - or at least mine - is a major and vastly underappreciated clue to the very nature of reality and What It's All About. The absence of Jesus and Jedgar and both Harvey and Lee should perhaps tell us that what we spend most of our waking lives focusing on is actually pretty close to Completely Unimportant. The programmer of your dream content is the Cosmic You who far transcends the LN zealot who thinks the SBT is Really Important Stuff.

The SBT isn't the Important Stuff. It's the Right Stuff.