Thread: Have you ever thought that the 'Dream world' could be an alternative universe?. ♥

I use to have thoughts like this until I focused more on lucid dreaming which raised more awareness on the mind-body relations during sleep.

When I was a little kid, I use to think that my dreams would be broadcasted live on t.v. for some reason... and that everyone can see them.

The explanation behind the dreams is no definite one. I do not believe that there are such things as alternate universes we visit every time we have a dream. Personally, I will not think along those lines unless something significant occurs. Of course there are many universes in the said 'Multiverse', but what you are describing does not seem likely. Divert more attention to the topic of lucid dreams, because it will be worth it in the long run.

Well some people who have had near-deaths claim they have had out-of-bodies and have flown up to space and stuff like that. I'm not sure if it could be all in their not-dead-yet-brain or not. I guess we'll find out when were dead.

Thank~you for the replies guys. & yes i guess we shall find out all the answers to all our questions when we are dead. But untill then we are left to wonder ....

♥

Originally Posted by Paigesaddiction

Thank~you for the replies guys. & yes i guess we shall find out all the answers to all our questions when we are dead. But untill then we are left to wonder ....

♥

Well there is always the very likely chance we'll discover nothing, because we'll no longer exist to evaluate what happened to us. It's always worth bearing that in mind. Death may not answer any questions at all, maybe death will simply be the universe without us. It'll just leave our lives and the fruits of our lives for further generations to ponder the same questions.

As for the original topic you posted, it's an interesting point. I've experienced some pretty exotic states of mind in my time on planet earth. Some of which have made me consider this question very seriously.
It would seem that current quantum physics theories take the idea of a multi-verse very seriously. The real question is, is there anything special about humans or consciousness? what would be special about us to allow us to experience alternate dimensions? Are we just as tied to this reality as much as a rock, flower, ape etc?

It's a nice thought though, but the ramifications would be immense if there was any truth behind it. I'd shudder to think how many other-dimensional babies i've inadvertenly fathered

Some believe we project ourselves when we sleep. I don't.

It's likely. There are several different concepts commonly used.

Start at Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_physics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mind

Pretty pictures.

Universe is a weird weird place.

Fascinating stuff. Hard science, not just idle philosophizing.

Our science is still puny. Do keep an open mind. Read broadly and critically.

PQ

You might like some books by Carlos Castaneda

After reading a half a dozen of them, I would have to agree -

I think we see energy from the different worlds/realities in our dreams, but that we could only understand that foreign energy by seeing it in terms of our existing world.

I guess anything is possible! However I don't think dreams are an alternate universe. I think they are simply the result of neurons firing inside the human brain which creates a fairly good simulation of the universe we are in.

All I know is that my gut says maybe.

Have I ever thought that the 'Dream world' could be an alternative universe?

Well, I don't just think it is - I am thoroughly convinced that it is - and not just one alternative universe/dimension, but multiple.

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
And all the birds
in the trees, well theyd be singing so happily,
Joyfully, playfully watching me.
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
Logical, responsible, practical.
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
Clinical, intellectual, cynical.

There are times when all the worlds asleep,
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man.
Wont you please, please tell me what weve learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am.

Now watch what you say or theyll be calling you a radical,
Liberal, fanatical, criminal.
Wont you sign up your name, wed like to feel youre
Acceptable, respecable, presentable, a vegtable!

At night, when all the worlds asleep,
The questions run so deep
For such a simple man.
Wont you please, please tell me what weve learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am.

No apologies.

Life is just one giant coincidence, the planets just happen to float around , the universe just happened to explode from nothing.

Ha.

No. Those who know do. Those who try do. You who deny don't ....

It don't commute, from know to try.

So ... Do be do be do.

I don't think that the dream world is likely to be an alternate universe. Having had lucid dreams, talked to dream characters and experienced what is possible while dreaming it really doesn't seem at all likely that the dream world is just an alternate universe.

If in the alternate universe that we entered while asleep we were able to control everything just with a thought, why aren't the dream characters able to do the same in that universe?

I'm not completely sure what the dream would is or how to explain it after some of the things that i have experienced, but i don't think that an alternate universe is where our dreams come from.

Yeah has thought about it, hope it isn't, I mean, that would make me a mass murdered, and people go crazy about that stuff <.<
Though if another dimension is possible, it would be too that we are dreaming other people in ther non-lucid form lol
Still hope not, would be worse...

Your dream, is your own universe, which you have created.