I'm Gonna Be A Butterfly

The last time I had a lucid dream, I built myself a solid gold pyramid with a gigantic waterside, shooting zombies  sliding down.

That begs the question, is one's consciousness indicative of reality?  I wonder of the director of Inception read Zhuangzi?

The next time I have a lucid dream, I'm going to be a butterfly.  Hope I don't get stuck. (**knock on wood**)

The Butterfly Dream

昔者莊周夢為蝴蝶，栩栩然蝴蝶也，自喻適志與，不知周也。俄然覺，則蘧蘧然周也。不知周之夢為蝴蝶與，蝴蝶之夢為周與？周與蝴蝶則必有分矣。此之謂物化。

Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know he was Zhuangzi. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuangzi. But he didn't know if he was Zhuangzi who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuangzi. Between Zhuangzi and a butterfly there must be some distinction! This is called the Transformation of Things. (2, tr. Burton Watson 1968:49)