Why do people read fiction books when they can watch fiction movies? If movies were invented before any fiction books had ever been written, would people still tell stories through books?
I think Marcus has a phenomenal answer, so I won't try to top that, but one aspect of the original question that interested me was the idea of "telling a story." On one hand, yes, movies can tell a story "better" than fiction, if you understand "telling a story" to mean presenting a viewer with a series of related images in a certain sequence. I'll give you that. But boy does that sure leave out a lot of features of a "good" story.Think about storytellers in your life. Bedtime stories with your mom, war stories from your grandfather, maybe you had a friend in high school or college who was great at weaving tall tales. Why were they good, these stories? Were they good because the storyteller brought along a series of pictures and let you look at them and then say to yourself, "Yeah, that was a good story?" Of course not. That's silly. What made them good stories was the voice in which they were told, the filter through which they were described.Now let's translate that to fiction. The beautiful thing about reading a story on the page is the language itself. When reading, you are completely inside the head of the voice telling the story, whether it be a first person narrator or a more traditional third person authorial voice. Thus, when reading, you can really, truly be inside someone else's head, see the world the way that person sees it. Film doesn't give you that luxury. Even if you have a unique narrative voice, Forrest Gump, for example, you still have a series of objective images being presented on the screen that leave little to the imagination.Fiction is great precisely because it is not film. And film is great because it's not fiction. It can paint a clearer picture of a setting, can give you the satisfaction of seeing the lush landscape instead of having to picture it nebulously in your mind's eye. But if you really want to see the world through a new character's eyes, let the written word do the work. Find yourself awash in someone else's thoughts, dreams, hopes, fears, clothes, home, city, world. There's nothing else quite like it.
What does it mean when you dreamed about GOD?
When one dreams of the presence of god, it means that you not only love and fear god, but are subconsciously asking the deity to intercede on your behalf. Mainly because you have a strong deep belief that there is a force for good in the universe and desire its' assistance. Moreover, the very presence of God in a dream was often interpreted in the old days as an attempt by the deity to communicate with that person. Modern day thinking should not dissuade anyone from believing that when one dreams of God, a higher level of spiritual awareness is attempting to insert itself into your dreams. It may only be coming from within yourself, but it is still there and still relevant to you.
I can't get her off my mind. Does this mean I am in love or is it being foolish?
That is definitely not love. Let me tell you about lust and love.Lust means the desire to satisfy your own mind and senses. People may say they love someone but when asked about the reasons, we get to hear these answers"He is a nice person and I like his personality" "I like him just because for who he is""Because he takes care of me""He gives me what I need without raising his voice""She is the prettiest girl I have seen and I like her nature"This is not love. This is nothing more than being in love with your own desires and feeling some kind of appreciation for someone who fulfills your desires . And of course you may feel obliged to do something in return to satisfy their desires. It's like saying "You scratch my back, I will scratch yours". This is nothing more than a business transaction wherein you have defined the property of your subject and when your subject acts according to the property, you "feel" loved. Wrong. You feel your lust is satisfied.However, if that person stops satisfying your desires or does something to disappoint you, your feeling of Love changes its form to anger, regret, depression, hate and eventually, separation.This is Lust. This is both sexual and asexual in nature. This is called "Moh" and from "Moh", "Bhram" is produced. This Bhram traps the mind and makes you think you are in love, while in reality, you are in Lust. You are lusted by your own desires. You are lusted by what you think you want in order to feel being loved. The moment your subject changes behavior (and of course h/she will in due time), poof...that feeling is gone and what you are left with is regret, anger, hate and sadness.This hankering and lamenting of the mind is what causes "Maya"O son of Kunti. All "Maya" have a beginning and an end and so the wise men does not delight in them (BG)Then what is love?Love is the feeling which emerges in your heart, when you lie in a detached state and think about the time, place, people, memories that gave you warmth. The reality is understood in the absence of your subject. When the subject is no longer there to distract you and your mind enters a state of trance and still feels affection, that is love.