Chapter 4
Dreams
Sleep had never been a problem for Josh. Years of working through the night to finish sales and marketing campaigns had prepared his body to sleep anytime, anywhere. When he slept, he slept so hard nothing woke him up. But that night, he was awakened by the simple touch of Dharma’s tongue licking his hand. He looked at the seed on his nightstand and remembered the strange dream he had just been having. In the dream he planted the seed in a pot on his desk, and the seed became a plant that grew too large to keep in his office. So he took the plant out of the pot and planted it in a big field, where he and a group of people watched it rise steadily while fruit started falling off the tree. Josh turned to the people in the dream and shouted, “I know what it means. I know what it means.” But before he could reveal the answer, Dharma woke him up.
He grabbed the seed on his nightstand and walked to the window. From there he could see and feel the pulse of the city. Even at 2 a.m., the downtown streets were filled with people and cars. They’re not just running through the city. They’re running through life, he thought. I bet most of them don’t have a clue about their purpose. They don’t think about it or seek it. They scurry from one place to the next. They live paycheck to paycheck. They engage in the daily fight for survival. He knew them well because he had become just ...
