For those haven’t seen Inception yet, please do see it before reading this post, it will make more sense. I got up Monday morning around 8 to feel relieved and yet unhappy that I am alive and safe in my home. If not for Nolan, I would have been in jail and repentant not knowing it was a dream.
It all started this morning, I was thrown in Chennai Mount Road in my dream but am still working in Fiserv(which is in Pune), nothing surprising though, I attest to Nolan’s theory that you are your dream’s architect. Yes, that would be a dream come true- Fiserv in Chennai, especially considering the fact that I am too lazy to find new jobs. I designed Sterling road and Mount Road in my dream and since I was in India, I had also designed other muddy roads with huge ditches like the ones you predominantly find in every street, thanks to the various boards- electricity, telephones or the namma metro guys. I was being chased in my dream, I needed a bike – so i designed an avenger. I have been quiet jealous of my colleague’s avenger for quite long, guess that lead to this part. Not to forget there were projections as well, created by my subconscious, majorly to suit the dream. In my case, the projections were my roommates and office colleagues. Last but not least the totem did save my day.
So, coming to the dream, I was accused of a fraud scam in my company, although I don’t remember the details distinctly, I knew in my dream that I was being framed and I had to prove them wrong. But I was being hunted and had to hide fast. I was on the road with cops on my trail, I had to reach the office, where they were about to etch an (F) along with name symbolizing my fraud. Yes, I know it is childish, but will try to design better dreams in the future. I saw my colleague with his new avenger, I had tricked him and stolen his bike (Avenger) and started towards my office. Then there were the Tom and Jerry sequences, but I didn’t reach on time and my name was etched already. Dejected, I left back home to find my roommates all trying to console me at the same time they took my case as well, then I start playing with the totem, stopping it before it falls down. Suddenly I realize it might be a dream and chuckled noisily. Anubhav (one of my roomies) asked what happened. I said it’s a dream and I am saved. He was like WTF... Give me d totem lemme check.. He spins the totem and the totem falls down. He laughs and he is like no, it’s not a dream and you are going to jail for sure. Then I spun the totem again and it fell down again. Then I used the age old trick of pinching yourself in the dream, didn’t feel any pain and felt reassured. I spun the totem for one last time and observed a different fact, something slightly different from what Nolan showed; the totem gained momentum while spinning but eventually did fall down.
