What a true gift of a dream your dream is!
“My mind is a metaphor monster, it has an insatiable appetite for novelty.”
I share your reverence for dreams and the dreamworld whether awake or asleep or in between, And likewise that hunger and quest to re-shape metaphorical thinking/experiencing as part of the path to a different kind of (human) life, to be much more a part of all life whatsoever. A piece I am writing these days looks into the primary causes of human malfunction/destruction of our planet by observing what happens to characters over their lifetimes when they suppress/ignore and distort their essential gifts (natures) in order to win fame, social approval, money, political power. Compared to developing those gifts, such things are worthless. And yet. Just take the word “success”. So often it requires NOT cultivating ones gifts and gifting the world, but becoming an image of fascination and envy.
Oh, it’s okay to develop gifts IF you make lots of money or are considered famous, etc. Until even your fame and money come to demand that you change with the changing whims of your public/corporate promoters.
What would the world be like if… ? Another way to answer Why are we here, which you are speaking so well to, is that gift-cultivation and giving to the world without allowing fame, reputation and fortune to distract and betray and deprive, is the very deepest calling.
God how I hope you are right about the demise of the metaphor "computer". In mainstream science, portions of living cells are commonly and casually referred to as "machines".
I agree about the toad venom by the way. The only such substance I ever explored was cannabis and though, not sorry, like a relationship overstaying its freshness, I began to consistently encounter its flaws as well as its powers. I prefer to await "openings" that naturally arise (though I now do appreciate the pain-alleviation of the non-psycho-active portion of the hemp plant. Plants are incredible beings and we humans have much reason to be grateful to them.
Your desire for "effective dreaming" ( this is from The Lathe of Heaven), to change the metaphorical landscape/sky of our world from the inside, so to speak, is inspiring, Johnny.