Quote Originally Posted by snoop View Post
Wouldn't certainty be a very lofty concept to base one's beliefs on, then? It goes without saying that someone that is certain of something can be wrong. Nothing about what you've said here is untrue in anyway. However, when one becomes aware of other possibilities and dismisses them for reasons that aren't logical (or perhaps a better way of putting it is for reasons that are purposefully denying the existence of other possibilities for reasons such as personal comfort, because something is cool, because you want simply want to believe in it, etc.), I have to ask why? I guess it boils down to an individuals personality, but it is a mystery why someone would rather believe something they know may well likely be untrue for reasons of comfort, simplicity, or some other reason I can't fathom. Do some people really not care to try and know the "truth"? Even if the concept of truth itself is unattainable, does one ever stop desiring to actually understand what is going on around them?
I feel most people who illogically cling to beliefs do so because they are either uncomfortable with the reality that the belief is masking, or they are simply uncomfortable with accepting what they do not know and would rather pretend to know the truth.

he sad truth of the matter is that there are more people that would prefer to follow your line of thought, rather than mine. It isn't sad because it isn't "my" line of thought they follow in the self-centered sort of way, but merely that there are not equal parts those who wish to understand what is going on around them despite the answers that are readily presented to explain our experiences, and those who would rather experience life based on their concepts of contentedness and their baser desires. The two would balance each other out quite well, but there seem to be an astounding abundance of humans who would rather live complacently.
Sure, some, perhaps even many, do not actively explore the nature of their "OBEs" and just take them at face value. There are others, however, who have good reason to distinguish OBEs from LDs, as countless experiences of both have made the differences between the two obvious. Of course, there are just as many assumptions made about aspects of the lucid dream experience that I see constantly going unquestioned, ones I can almost guarantee you yourself haven't explored despite claiming to be all about seeking the truth. It's very easy to take one's own beliefs for granted, especially when they are commonly accepted.