am i awake or asleep?

Discussion in 'Dreams' started by mati, Apr 13, 2005.

  1. mati

    mati Member

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    This may just be a dream I'm having, how do I know if I'm asleep or awake?
     
  2. Carlfloydfan

    Carlfloydfan Travel lover

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    you're awake
     
  3. Moving_cloud

    Moving_cloud Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    mati

    when we measure, categorize, analyze, rate and divide I guess we walk asleep.

    And when we see, feel, hear and intuit we rather move towards waking.

    In the end we dream all the time and are just changing awareness.

    So who will tell ... the mind, the dreamer, or the dream itself ...
     
  4. mati

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    I'd say it is impossible to tell one way or the other. My whole life could be a dream that I'm having.
     
  5. Chris L

    Chris L Member

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    Try flicking a light switch...
     
  6. cheshire_butterfly

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    waking life is a good movie, but yeah i wonder too, are my senses lying
     
  7. Scholar_Warrior

    Scholar_Warrior Be Love Now

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    senses lie.
     
  8. forest_pixie84

    forest_pixie84 Senior Member

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    it really doesn't matter. But maybe if you treat it like a dream maybe everything will go your way...I dunno
     
  9. Ex Oblivion

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    You are in a dream at my wake
     
  10. I'minmyunderwear

    I'minmyunderwear Newbie

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    kill yourself, if it's a dream you'll wake up (usually), if not, then there you go i guess
     
  11. SageDreamer

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    One possible way to check is to look at your hands. Do you see details? In other words, do you see your fingerprints, your knuckles and all sorts of other little things? If your hands don't look right, it's probably a dream.
     
  12. forest_pixie84

    forest_pixie84 Senior Member

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    But, what if that's what happens when you die anyway?
     
  13. I'minmyunderwear

    I'minmyunderwear Newbie

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    then i guess there's not much reason to fear death so it would only support my argument
     
  14. yyyesiam2

    yyyesiam2 Senior Member

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    what u should ask yourself is whether there is more validity to this dream than all the others. the idea of a dream is really that of a memory that slips away from us, breaking into several puzzle pieces that don't quite fit together. it's rarely a dream while it's going on. think about the sense of godly power and awe that comes with being lucid in one of you're dreams. perhaps enlightenment is cultivating that feeling throughout all your various forms of awareness. just remember-anything you experience is real to you, and that's all that ever matters.
     
  15. brainstew

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    pinch urself!
     
  16. wootier

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    take drugs...then go to sleep, then, wake up...i would suggest coleus, smoke it, or make a tea..ive been meaning to write a guide to it
     
  17. themnax

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    if you can't tell does it matter?

    just try not to confuse one experiential universe with another. because not everything works the same way in all of them. doing so also tends to get taken as being some sort of illness mentally.

    but otherwise, flow with it.

    each experiential universe is in a sense ITS OWN "reality"

    just as long as you don't try to drag one into another, or mistake which one your in at any given time, you'll probably be just fine.

    =^^=
    .../\...
     
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