Can this life be a dream

[Novek]

Have you ever thought that this life was just a big dream and one day you'll wake up and remember things like this website?

Sometimes I think when someone "dies", they dont turn into spirits, go to heaven or hell, but rather they just awake in a different universe with no memory of the past, hence why some people say that their is life before birth and the theory of multiple universes

Any feedback is welcome.

[touchfaith]

This question arises so often. I think it would be safe to say most everybody has asked themselves this question once but as the human species is prone to do, because we don't know the answer we push it to the back of our minds.

For example, in science they have axioms. "2+2=4" is an axiom. We assume it's true (axioms are a whole new thread, this is just basic) so we can further explore science. Now I'm not one for science but it's an example.

We assume this life is not a dream so we can further explore life. It's ignorant yes, as we blatantly ignore this question often. But to further live we can't have such a question being thrown at us each second of our lives. That would be a hard life to live.

Anything is possible, we could be "Brains in a box" (another argument) or we could be just a cog turning the mechanics of planet Earth. It all comes down to the simple question: why are we here? And we all know how that ends:

[D_420]

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." - Albert Einstein.
There comes a time when you get so far down into the paradoxical conclusions of ideas that the question becomes the answer.

[chronicman00]

i remember i always used to think about that when I was a little kid.

i always thought that id wake up someday and I would be a different life form.

[I Am All]

Well to answer that question we must first consider something else, what do you mean by "this life" and what do you mean by a "dream"?

We'll assume that by "this life" you mean reality. And by "dream" you mean the experience you have when you go to sleep.

To assume that this life is a dream, would mean that a more "real" reality exists outside of what we're experiencing right now. If this were the case, then right now would be a dream, and reality would be the part that we haven't accessed yet, or the place where we'll "wake up" as you put it.

First, let's forget the original question and assume that this is the only reality we will ever exist in. Now with this in mind, let's look at the dreams we have in this reality. Are dreams really any less real than what we perceive to be reality? Sure we can't always recall dreams, in fact we rarely remember them at all. But think about it, when you're dreaming, are you conscious of reality, or able to recall reality? You're not, and you can't, so how are dreams really any different than what we perceive to be reality?

Some will argue that when you remember your dreams, they don't make any sense so they must be nonsense that isn't important or real. But, when you try to make sense of a dream, you're looking at it through the perspective of "reality", a totally different and foreign perspective. If you tried to look at "reality" while dreaming, it would make no sense to you either because you're looking at it through an entirely different perception.

Back to the question, is this life a dream? Well there is no difference between dreams and what we perceive to be reality. The word "dream" is just a label used to describe a different reality that we exist in. We can't make sense out of this alternate reality because we're limited by the perspective that we have while in the "reality". Because we can't make sense of it, we don't ever question whether or not it is still real.

So in conclusion, there is no difference between reality and "dreams" because dreams are reality but they don't make sense to you when in the opositte reality.

[Tyro01]

Or maybe you're god and you've gotten so bored with your eternal life that you've fabricated this universe to live in.

[I Am All]

God is not a person, or a single spirit. God is what exists in everything. God is the energy that allows life to flow. When we are open to this idea, you can connect to that very energy and allow life to flow through you.

In the alternate reality that is dreaming, this may not be the case. The concept of a god may not even exist in dream world but that is impossible to tell while in this reality for the perception is entirely different.

[Kozmo350]

Think of it this way, if the life we are in right now is a dream, than the world is yours