The Tape Recordings

Imagine life is like a tape, with two sides. At the present time, you're living in side A. When you go to bed, usually your body falls asleep because you're already passing on to side B, which we suitably call "dreams" here in side A.

The interesting thing is that you can't have memories from both sides at the same time, which means that you never remember, alias, you never have the slightest clue about what's happening on the other side. Sometimes you can actually remember an experience/dream from side B, although it doesn't make any sense and generally things are slower, or faster, or simply foggy. That's because each side of the tape has different contents. For example, using analogy, your side A may be rock 'n' roll, and side B might be classical music. Different speeds, different meanings, different compositions, structures, etc.

Now you're wondering, "Damn, what the hell am I doing every time I'm living in side B?! I can't remember anything! Or vice-versa, for that matter!"... Well I don't know. I really have no idea. But anything can happen, I guess. And is there a MAIN side, I mean, is one of the sides of more significance than the other? If this theory makes any sense at all, then I dont't think so.

Perhaps what we call "dying" is simply to become fully alive/gain total conscience in one of the sides, and perhaps that's what happens. Because if you die while in side A, it means the tape is over, so what do you do? You listen to side B. But when you listen to side B, side A is being rewinded, so you still "dream" about it, i.e., you start going there all over again. Now I'm playing side A, while having glimpses of my latest side B (probably that's why my dreams have people I know, others I don't, places I know, others I don't...because I'm always changing tiny details every time I run each side). So life is an endless tape being rewritten on both sides, never the same, always brand new and original. But who, or what, created the damn tape? So the question continues, although I really don't care. So good recordings, all of you out there. Whatever side you're on.