A complimentary conception of dreams -- or perhaps an inner layer to their meanings, since all things can be read internally: An aspirational dream as theotic allegory, i.e. an allegory of our essential yearning towards "theosis", or the becoming at one with Christ.

A story has building blocks, one of them being plot, another setting, characterization, etc. Not one of these things -- not even the dreaded message -- *is* the story, but all are servants to the story. And the story transcends any mere conglomeration of parts. The story is itself only pointed to by the individual parts, it is a suggestion that only completes itself within the mind and heart of the reader, with each reader necessarily completing the story differently according to his abilities and openness.

A dream is a chapter, a verse, a mere phrase or word or letter of our personal story. And our personal story alludes always to our erotic attraction to the Bridegroom, which is both a innate property of our creation and a response to the Eros He exibits toward us. (Get yer mind out of yon gutter. Eros was a god before he was demeaned into being merely the servant of the fiercely unasuageable pudenda.)

A dream is something received. A fantasy is a dream entertained in the mind alone. A goal is a dream made into purpose. The Theotic Dance is a dream that has become breath.

[Elicited by the good Adam's Telling Words about dreams.]