Most films have pieces of many ideas, and thus themes, spread within their fabric.  After commiserating with some of our fans, it seems they have identified five main ones, which I will present here.  Now of course when I wrote the screenplay for this film project, I did have some thematic premises in mind.  And usually every film has one main theme that undercurrents the whole story progression, along with some other mini-themes that can also operate within the story (as we did).

Below are the ideas or themes YOU have identified in “Dreams Awake.”  I’m not saying if I agree or disagree with them, only that this is what the film is about for you. Although I must add I think you got most of it pretty right on.  In addition, I will eventually follow up with what I was really attempting to communicate with this film, as I have been writing an involved, detailed paper on that for awhile now.  And then we can compare notes, to see how close you came and how well I even did in communicating what I was trying to communicate.  But all of that is for another day.

Anyway, here are those themes, as well as links to pages that go into them a bit.  Enjoy!

Discovering the inner practice of meditation:

https://dreamsawakemovie.com/meditation_for_you/

Healing the inner child:

https://dreamsawakemovie.com/inner_child/

The unique mysticism of Mt. Shasta:

https://dreamsawakemovie.com/shastamysticism/

The possibility of spiritual immortality:

https://dreamsawakemovie.com/spiritual_immortality/

The ancient creation mythology of the inner sound:

https://dreamsawakemovie.com/inner_sound/

JAD