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Aaliya's avatar

This so visceral and haunting, gorgeous piece !

MoTy's avatar

Somewhat uncomfortable walk through identities - right up my street - to finally expose the final, absolute, eternal version. An eerie chapter.

Beautiful Monster's avatar

If I'm understanding you correctly, I took the idea of the dreamer to actually be something that was not comforting and actually may have been problematic. Some readings I have done have showcased how much of a fine line dreamer aspects of us can be before they sometimes anesthetize us. So, it definitely didn't necessarily ring as strength as sometimes all we are doing is just what is necessary.

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

BM, you’re absolutely right - it’s much deeper than it might seem at first glance. That idea of the Dreamer isn’t just comforting or escapist; it carries something more complex, even a bit unsettling.

In my SYNC (SPOLIER), the Dreamer is actually the primary module of consciousness itself the foundational layer that shapes perception before anything else takes form. It’s not just a trait or a state, but the underlying architecture that programs how reality is experienced. And because of that, it can both create meaning and quietly anesthetize us at the same time.

So what you said really resonates with me sometimes what feels like “strength” is simply the system doing what it was designed to do.

Beautiful Monster's avatar

Oh, that definitely helps me understand where you're coming from. I appreciate your willingness to share because my architecture does not have a primary module of a dreamer. This gets into a much deeper standpoint of where something is so apart of you that it becomes ego syntonic. You don't even realize something is a strength or even anesthetizing you because you don't even realize it was built into your architecture because it happened so long ago.

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

Wow Syntonic Ego, that’s a concept. really wow. thanks need to think a lot

Beautiful Monster's avatar

It's quite an interesting thing. When we are dealing with how people's early blueprints were formed, this is where modules of consciousness can form in that more ego syntonic way. What you may have needed before made sense. The primary module of consciousness served a purpose, but the problem is when we can't see that our ego syntonic modules are starting to deeply hurt us. We can't even see it because we don't even remember life without it and don't realize it's become a cage that's hurting us.

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

every sentence to be quoted, thanks BM, make a lot of sense

Beautiful Monster's avatar

Thank you. I take that as high praise, and I'm glad you found it helpful.

Mara Ellison's avatar

This felt like everything started folding in on itself a bit. The box read like a collection of identities or memories, and that moment of “this is not me, this is me” oof. Brilliant!!

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

Thank you Mara, you words means a lot for me. So happy for your deep reading. Glad to see you every comment

Mara Ellison's avatar

Thank you for writing this story, I am loving it 🙏🏻

Diana's avatar

This really stayed with me <3 there’s a quiet intensity in the writing that makes you pause. That line in particular “ a heart long silent. and still warm.” It touches something real. Really beautiful writting

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

thank you Diana, looks like mind mind flow resonating, glad to see you here

Good Witch Poetries's avatar

Oh wow!!! 🩷🩷🩷

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

Thank you Kaia for reading this )

Good Witch Poetries's avatar

Thank you OSS for writing it!!! 🤓🤓 I just read it again.. the cadence took me on a fascinating rollercoaster!! Seriously sooooo good!!!

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

Thank you so much Kaia

I hope every new chapter will open more for you

Beautiful Monster's avatar

There are so many parts I could quote as I just clap and shake my head saying well done. But I loved the portion where you bring in the dreamer and showcase that dreamers aren't always what they seem to be and I love how powerful the line of how you just kept walking was. Just well done. Truly.

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

I really appreciate your reading BM.

The Dreamer part was never meant to be comforting, more like a quiet unraveling. And “just kept walking” wasn’t strength so much as momentum you can’t stop. It was walking inside while going outside completely. I’m glad that came through.

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Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

Lintara, that reads closer than I expected truly thank you for this.

The period wasn’t closure - more like a seal. Not forward or back, just held. And the image… I never thought of it as a symbol. It feels like something that persists, whether we read it or not.