The Lathe of Heaven

Oh, hello there little one! Today I will explain to you what the Lathe of Heaven is. Imagine you have a very special machine that can make all of your dreams come true when you go to sleep at night. This machine can change the world around you and make anything you want happen. That machine is what we call the lathe of heaven.

Now let’s say that you dream of living in a world without any wars or illnesses. You wake up fine but realize that the machine has made that dream come true and now there are no wars or illnesses in the world. Sounds great doesn’t it? But then imagine you fall asleep and dream of a world where there are no more people causing any pollution to the environment. When you wake up, that dream has come true but now there are no animals or plants because they were affected too, which is not so great anymore.

The lathe of heaven is like this machine but instead of just one person’s dreams, it affects the entire world. When the person who has the lathe of heaven dreams about something, the world changes around them to match their dream. But, as you may have guessed, things can get complicated and unpredictable, because dreams can be very complicated too.

In this way, the lathe of heaven can be both a blessing and a curse. It can allow people to achieve great things, but it can also lead to unforeseen consequences. So that’s what the lathe of heaven is, a machine that can make dreams come true, but with great power comes great responsibility, so we need to be careful what we ask for or dream about.