Absolutely fascinating and very important topic. My 2c is that there is a very low bit rate link between the conscious and subconscious mind that can be made a bit faster by the practice of meditation. Re why snake and not ring my theory is that the subconscious thinks in primal terms.

(2017)

If you'll pardon the pun, language was always here. Even before man was, language waited for him.

> How might we make inquiries of it?

At 60 I've come to understand dreams as being a conversation between the conscious and unconscious. And I converse with my unconscious simply by paying attention. I dream as easily as falling asleep both during naps as well as overnight. As far as I can tell I remember all my dreams upon wakening. They are almost all recurring. My current understanding is that the trauma of my early years utterly stunted my psychological and emotional growth and this is entirely what my dreams are about. The journey is very slow but perhaps quickening. I think I've finally left highschool but not yet my first job out of uni. It is my life's work.

> But if you believe that you actually use language in the solving of problems I wish that you would write to me and tell me how you go about it.

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