The Dream Multiverses
Dreams of the Near Future Part 3
A Matter of Course
Over the years, in dreams, I have been connecting to different aspects of the future. Technology is very telling, but that is not the only way I can place myself in time: human behaviors and simple, yet precise knowingness, inform me, too.
My mind can hardly identify journeys beyond 2050, but I can attest: humanity’s future lies in space.
Flying cars and space stations appeared in my dreaming experience in 2005 — not that it was unforeseen, but back then, it was not a mainstream thought, so to speak. And it may not be a surprise, but in dreams, I have seen that in 20 years from now, dangerously packed “air highways” may be the norm (with wild air drivers, too!), space stations may be as widespread as amusement parks, or as big shopping malls are nowadays and immense interstellar spacecrafts do exist, the likes of Discovery One of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) or the one showcased in Passengers (2016).
White, small, rectangular plastic boxes of about 15 cm long, hovering in outer space and held together by an invisible force, may be the future of fuel stations for space travelers that, interestingly, do not need a spaceship to move at light speed. I can recall a handful of journeys to inspect and choose a new planet to live in, without a spacecraft or even a spacesuit — surely, it was my light body.
Out there, cozy, minimalist offices are movable and can reshape themselves instantly to accommodate new needs — it made so much sense to me when waking up! Back on Earth, the intelligent house of the future — which I designed in an upcoming lifetime– will be able to automatically shut down and clean itself from external pollution, if need be. And beaches may be overflowing with white, although peculiarly clean, plastic bags, making the proposition of the movie “Wall-E” (2008) rather momentous.
A Matter of Choice
I get it; the approach of the Netflix series Black Mirror (2011–2019) to the potential dark side of technology in the very near future seems totally justified. From my dreams, I gather that cryopreservation may work well in preserving the Soul, too (yikes, that is a very peculiar fragmentation); and I have seen the evolution of a birdcage into a transparent floating bubble that confines, but also feeds the bird forever. As was explained to me, within the dream, the capsule sometimes malfunctions and the bird dies. Really? Does humanity need to explore this?
If movies, series, books, and our own dreams are the reflection of probable potentials (and vice versa) for many years now, our collective imagination has been obsessing with the dire ones. I said it before in the episode Time Paradoxes of my blog on Medium.
After relating the encounter with my own self, 25 years in the future, who was being protected in a beautiful but remote location in Northern Europe after a climate calamity (why not?), I was referring to the series Dark on Netflix (2017): “Something else that powerfully attracted my attention was the future. Are we, as a collective, so lacking in imagination? Maybe it is exciting — not to mention easy — to always portray it after a global cataclysm of sorts leaving the face of the Earth mostly inhabitable. The future tends to be dystopian, full of pain, filthiness, misery, hunger, and agony.”
Old and new, movies about the future leaving a mark on our collective consciousness repeatedly focus on disaster. Firstly, the need to abandon the planet and explore new horizons due to an impending planetary collapse, such as a meteorite crashing on us (Deep Impact, 1998; Salvation, 2018; Don’t Look Up, 2021; Moonfall, 2022) or an increasingly uninhabitable Earth (Interstellar, 2011; Snowpiercer, 2013; The Martian, 2015; Geostorm, 2017; The Midnight Sky, 2020; Finch, 2021).
Secondly, an alien invasion — massive destruction included (Independence Day, 1996; War of the Worlds, 2005; Edge of Tomorrow, 2014; Arrival, 2016). Thirdly, the obscene abyss between social classes and an overwhelming majority of the population being miserable — on Earth or beyond (Children of Men, 2006; In Time, 2011; Elysium, 2013; Altered Carbon, 2018–2021).
And frankly, the good guys always have it really shitty in those bleak, insecure, and violent wastelands (Mad Max, 1979–2015; Terminator 1984–2019).
Isn’t it pathetic that going beyond the illusion, as portrayed in Matrix (2012), is so precarious? I mean, look at that unpleasant oatmeal! Or that the enlightened ones in Dune (2021) live in a post-apocalyptic civilization, fighting gigantic worms and eating sand unwillingly? It resembles Luke Skywalker’s Tatooine, doesn’t it? Well, at least the Jedi Complex in Episode III: Return of the Sith (2005) was beautiful… but it was destroyed! You get the point.
For the love of God, let’s dream better dreams! The problem with all those movies, series, and books is that the underlying theme, the structural plot, is scarcity and limitedness: energy runs out, time is a commodity, the land is finite, we are too many, and in order for a few to be rich, most must be poor. Even in the immeasurable space, the limitation is at the core of the drama. Ah… but that is not a problem within dreams.
A Matter of Consciousness
The multiverse theory, a fairly recent incursion into the collective consciousness, nails the essence of dreams, showcasing timelines and infinite possibilities of our very own reality and, in so doing, shatters the scarcity plot. If you don’t like it, you can simply shift to a different timeline; how cool is that?
A dozen movies have delved into the genre: Sliding Doors (1998), The One (2001), Mr. Nobody (2009), Coraline (2009); Star Trek (2009), Another Earth (2011), Source Code (2011), Coherence (2013); although real blockbusters are but a few: Inception (2010), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spiderman: No Way Home (2021), and notably Dr. Strange 2: Multiverse of Madness (2022).
Four months ago, an expert in the film industry commented, “At the moment, there are only a few such multiverses. Most are limited to the superhero genre since the comic book template makes it easier to utilize the setting.”[i]
It is somewhat messy, and some of the laws attached to these movie realities feel artificial, but I can relate. I consider dreams to be actual experiences occurring parallel to this one. Occasionally, I bring back the remembrances of multiple unrelated scenes that I cannot place in time. I see myself waking up from a dream into a dream, the reverse of opening a portal to another location in the same reality — or a new one. I sometimes see myself making decisions that my humanness wouldn’t have taken; it is as if, within the dream, I am me, but still, I am not –very much as in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). And I recall at least one dream occurring in this 3D, with a cartoony undertone: the Shaumbra superheroes.
A Matter of Dreams
On August 20, 2022, in dreams, I experienced a personal version of the multiverse, one of the most fascinating experiences of my dream time.
I found myself at a refined hotel, the likes of the one in Somewhere in Time, that cult movie with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour released in 1980. It also resembled X-Men Mutant Academy, except for the whiteness and vastness of the spaces on the many floors.
It might have been a hospital of sorts, where students and nurses, all very nice people, feared something: a dark entity was roaming around but was not visible. His mere evocation darkened the mood and felt like extra gravity in the ambiance.
At some point, I got to the dispensary, where I needed to get some pills that looked like sweets of very vibrant colors; it was a remarkable scene amidst the whiteness all around, and the perception of these solid colors was uncommonly vivid.
Right after that, he found me –as in “he was looking for me.” As I turned the corner of the dispensary, I saw the Master of Darkness standing still in that mezzanine a few meters away. He was a tall-cloaked-elegant man — evil doesn’t have to be ugly, right? — having the same horns as Maleficent (2014).
At that moment of awareness, I felt the thud in my system, but I was remarkably unafraid. He attacked me, very much as in Dr. Strange 2, casting energy blasts against me, and I received them with my hands forming a diamond at the level of my heart and then extending my arms to diffuse the energy to the sides. Note to me: I did not attack him back; well done!
He was certainly powerful; after all, he was the Master of Darkness, though I must have been very powerful, too, because the forces seemed comparable.
What was most interesting about the dream was that, despite it being intense, I experienced no re-entry shock, and the door to the dream state remained open, even as I was preparing my morning coffee. That is a multiverse experience!
A Matter of Reality
Not even a month ago, The New York Times reported on Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to “metaverse the world” –one where people would inhabit immersive digital environments, connecting inside virtual and augmented worlds.[ii]
This brings to mind Bruce Willis’ Surrogates (2009), and I have to ask, is it really a world we want to experience? For all I know, those digital environments are the fake physical version of the real dream multiverses — pun intended. Furthermore, I contend that there is nothing you can transform from within those fake worlds. In fact, you run the risk of fragmenting yourself, whereas in the dream multiverses, as crazy and chaotic as they may seem, you achieve the opposite: integration.
Anyway, according to the article, in the year since the announcement of Meta (October 2021), they have had a rocky start, with the stock price going down nearly 60 percent due to market turbulence, but also the skepticism that the metaverse would be highly lucrative anytime soon.
But, as a consultant attests, the question might not be if the metaverses will get “physical” but rather, when.
In the meantime, let us answer a more relevant question: are the dream multiverses real, now?
Oh, yes.
Can we change the reality, and even the future of the metaverses in this reality through them?
That, too.
Aberdeem
Olivia M. Zenteno [Aberdeem] is a branding and business strategist. Along with her team, she is venturing on A Thousand Dreams, a platform for dreamers to document, analyze data, and share dreams with the world. www.athousanddreams.world
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[i] Graeme McMillan; A brief history of the multiverse — the term, and its proliferation at DC, Marvel, and well… everywhere; June 30, 2022; https://www.thepopverse.com/multiverse-dc-marvel-comics-universe-mcu-dceu
[ii] Ryan Mac, et. al.; October 09, 2022; The New York Times; Skepticism, Confusion, Frustration: Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Struggles; https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/technology/meta-zuckerberg-metaverse.html
