Mind and Body

The hardest part of starting a blog is definitely the introduction. So let me start out by saying hello.
I am Oneiro, which is the Greek word for ‘dream.’ I chose this as my internet alias for a few reasons; the first is because I learned of the word through an article I read about lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming, in case anyone is not familiar with the term, happens when one becomes aware of the fact that they are in a dream and are able to alter and control the dream. When hooked up to a brain scan during lucid dreaming, the scan will show brain activity going on that is the same activity that occurs when one is awake. I’ll talk about lucid dreaming a lot; it’s a fascination of mine.
I chose the title Oneiro secondly because a person’s dreams are the basis for that person’s motivation. Without dreams, goals, and foresight, people drift through life like plankton on the waves, with no ambition, with nothing but apathy for the state of the world around them. To dream is to change the world, and that is what I am all about.
Thirdly, I chose Oneiro as a title because in Greek mythology, the Oneiroi are gods of dreams, believed to live in the oceans in the far west. Oregon is in the far west, and ever since I can remember, I have been drawn to the ocean, which is why I live in Oregon now. I feel a connection to the ocean and to the realm of sleep, and I thought Oneiro would be a fitting title so as to honor that mythology and my connection with it.

From that, one can infer a great deal about what I believe, which takes care of a few problems that occur with introduction. Now, I can welcome you to this blog; I hope those who find their ways here find my ideas and perceptions interesting, and I sincerely hope that they will stay with me in the months to come as I fight to explore the culture and society I find myself immersed in, and through it, hopefully come to revelation and realization.
The important part of that is to know that without readers, this blog is nothing. Words will change the world by changing people’s minds. I want you, whoever is reading this right now, to tell me what it will take for you to follow this blog, and what you want to hear more of, in addition to the things I already intend to talk about (read the About section for more detail). Basically, this blog is about anything and everything, because anything and everything influence the mind and body.
Now it is time to become a part of the ocean of words that is today.com.

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