neil armstrong's dream. 7/20/09

i hear neil armstrong had a recurring dream when he was little. in the dream, he is in a tight space, looking out into some weird landscape through a small opening of some sort while moving gingerly in an unsteady way. it is an intense dream and a silent one. he has no idea what this is all about.

fast forward. he is in the tight space inside the eagle capsule steering it to land on the moon. he is in constant contact with the control on earth when all of a sudden communication breaks down. now he is on his own. in outer space. it is totally silent. all he can see is what is beyond the tiny window in front of him. the moon's surface. the capsule is hovering above it, moving gingerly in an unsteady way. 

then he remembers. he recognizes the experience. this is his dream. 

ah, the inscrutable knowledge coming to us through dreams, a glimpse of the intelligence of our innermost self. beyond what the mind can wrap around.