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- Subject: Re: Evil Twin ?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.165045.19807@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 16:50:45 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.013241.16953@ncsu.edu>, mssande1@eos.ncsu.edu (MICHAEL
- SHANE SANDERS) writes:
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- >When I was much younger, I had a reoccuring dream that my mother had an
- >evil twin. In my dream, I would always open the front door of my house and
- >see the evil twin standing outside with a big, white gown, flowing in the
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- >As stupid as this dream may sound, I have always wondered about it.
- >Anyone out there have any interpretations of the dream(s)? Comments/Suggestions?
- >Anyone had any similar dreams?........Please share.
- >
- >
- This dream doesn't sound stupid at all. I think everyone's mother (and
- father) is/are really two people: A kind, caring nuturing parent, and,
- because there are very few saints among us, belittling, critical, harsh
- parent. When we form ideas about how we and others should act in the world,
- we internalize our parents (let's see: kind and criticzing; mom and dad--
- that makes four) and they become our conscience. Don't I recall some
- of the old Looney Tunes Toons with an angel (conscience) on one shoulder
- and devil (primitive desires) on the other?
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- One difficulty arises when we confuse the "translations" we have made of
- our parents and stuffed inside our heads with our real parents--believe
- me, they're a lot different.
-
- One more thing, and I'll shut up. You might want to avoid thinking about
- the fact that it's more acceptable to stab one's mother with a sword than
- with a penis, but the outcome is dreadful in both cases.
-
- Erik Timmerman
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