Author: Brian Schnabel

Friday, September 11, 2026: 11:32 AM: I had a vision this morning that involved listening to a Silva Centering Exercise guided meditation recorded by Neven Paar on my laptop. While doing this, I was also working on something in Excel that seemed to involve transferring columns between spreadsheets. Toward the end of the dream, though, I was shutting down my laptop as quickly as possible because of the sudden thunderstorm that arrived, with rain blowing in through my open windows.

Thursday, September 10, 2026: 7:13 AM: There used to be a time when I’d take my VersaBraille II+ to bed with me, writing term papers and other things for my college classes. I used to write a journal there, too. I haven’t done that kind of thing in years, even though I’ve had laptops for a while. However, as I struggle to pull my head together to sit at my desk and work on my book more this morning, it occurs to me that “sitting at my desk” is the problem. If I could write a term paper in bed, why not work on a book in the same relaxed posture? After all, I do have a K380 keyboard and JBL headset, making it unnecessary to take the entire computer to bed with me, “Right?”

Thursday, September 10, 2026: 6:32 AM: About now I should be on the road to LabCorp for a blood test. But, for whatever reason, while listening to Tom Clancy Flash Point by Don Bentley on Audible, I got the nagging sense that I needed to reschedule the trip. So, here I am, journaling instead. Sure, I could ignore the sense and go anyway. But I’ve learned the hard way one too many times just how stupid it is to go against an intuition that can be felt from head to toe.

Wednesday, September 9, 2026: 8:51 AM: I should have known yesterday morning, when I woke from a dream in which I was talking with Bill Gates that Microsoft would be releasing another round of software updates. But that’s what I spent a half hour installing last night when I turned on my machine. As far as the rest of that vision goes? Since the computer also symbolizes mind in my world, I get a sense that I’ll be discovering more efficient mind management techniques soon. Now, if I could just find out who the hot little number was in vision two, who wanted to sleep with me in the bed I don’t normally use, “That would be awesome!”

Sunday, September 6, 2026: 12:43 PM: I slept in today and vision-surfed for most of the morning. The interesting thing is that I had a vision that, on its face, didn’t exactly represent what I had spent a lot of time programming for yesterday. What I wanted was a solution to unresolved feelings regarding my old downstairs neighbor’s treachery, along with similar behavior from just about everyone involved in her industry. What I got was more about the dirty dealings of my family.

Thursday, September 3, 2026: 11:19 AM: Yesterday afternoon, I had a meditation that actually felt better than sex. Of course, if any of my ex-girlfriends were to read this, they’d probably be a bit pissed to discover that. But it is what it is, right?