Daydreaming is Not Laziness, it has Other World Connections

There are many articles and opinion pieces that make the assertion that "daydreaming" is a sign of a lazy mind, but it is a connection with the spirits and beings of the Other World.

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Ki Joko Moro

7/3/20253 min read

There are many articles and opinion pieces that make the assertion that "daydreaming" is a sign of a lazy mind, but it is a connection with the spirits and beings of the Other World.

Daydreaming is a Scattered Mind

If you were to go to your local library or Google to look up "daydreaming" you will find numerous articles and opinion pieces in many popular media outlets about day dreaming. Unfortunately these articles and opinion pieces often portray those who "daydream" as being mentally lazy or having a scattered or unfocused mind. They like to label people who spend time "daydreaming" as likely to be unsuccessful, likely to be unmotivated, and more likely to be unemployed, living at home and reliant on welfare.

It is very convenient to say these things and get praise from different sections of society, but these tired assumptions demonstrate who actually has the lazy mind. Even when these assertions were first made, there were many who argued that such assertions were not true. They argued that such assumptions only stigmatize people who daydream, or cast doubts on the mental capacity of people who might stare off into space for any period of time.

Such assertions have generally been enthusiastically endorsed and encouraged by business leaders and many politicians and government officials. As those who have studied "daydreaming" and interviewed people who are prone to daydreaming, these lazy assertions are actually proven wrong.

Daydreaming and Creativity

Much of the research done around daydreaming, often at the expense of employers seeking to have "proof" of the laziness of daydreamers, often demonstrates people who daydream regularly are actually very creative people. The "daydreaming" offers their minds an opportunity to disengage from more mundane, routine work. Having time to disengage gives their minds the precious space to explore solutions to matters in their lives and for work in the subconscious, not the conscious mind.

The conscious mind wants to organize information, assert logic and question things. We have all had those light-bulb moments while in the shower, or gardening, or doing dishes, or while sleeping. When you have those moments, you were effectively daydreaming. The difference though is that no-one declared you were lazy in the mind or likely to be unemployed.

There is another major difference between us and those who can easily drift into daydreaming, and that's their subconscious to be a more active driver in how the daydreaming state is directed and the time spent in that state. It also means that they're in a higher plane of thought, which most of us only get glimpses of for our light-bulb moments. When you ask someone who has been daydreaming if they remember any of the things going through their mind at the time, they will often reply that they kind of do but they weren't necessarily focussed on it. And it's the "not necessarily focussed" element that is the important part.

In effect they've reached a meditative state or a "zero mind" state. They might be thinking about things but they aren't engaged with the thoughts and don't latch onto them and get distracted by them. And that enables their subconscious to maintain the "zero mind" state.

Daydreaming is a Form of Meditation; a Connection to the Beings of the Other World

Meditation provides those who can achieve a "zero mind" state a powerful connection with the Other World. It gives that person significant insights that would not have otherwise been achieved. Learning to meditate with purpose and to gain the insights you seek, learning to achieve the "zero mind" state is absolutely essential.

People who can more easily daydream than others enjoy the "zero mind" state without knowing necessarily what it is and without having to learn how to achieve it. As mentioned earlier their daydreaming gives their subconscious control of how their journey through their thoughts, the matters causing them to experience the distress of the mind, body and spirit becoming unaligned and engaging with the beings of the Other World that may offer answers or information their conscious mind can use.

The insights or information offered by the Other World is not immediately obvious to the daydreamer but over the course of a few hours, perhaps a day or two, the conscious mind is able to put together what the subconscious mind provides. They can then take that and apply it to the problem or situation for which the information or insight was given. There is the application of the insight without even knowing the source of the insight. Although many people who daydream regularly and find their sources of insight and inspiration through daydreaming do come to realize that daydreaming is an important part of their toolkit to resolve problems or deal with situations that have been troubling them.

Daydream Encouragement

Rather than scolding people for daydreaming, why not leave them alone. They won't be daydreaming for long and they will have creative solutions to the problems they are dealing with. If you are a parent or guardian of a child that daydreams, be gentle and kind about their daydreaming and allow them the time to daydream. You may find by being kind and gentle about it, they will share with you their experiences and the solutions they have been given. They might even benefit the situations you are facing yourself.

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