Thread: Killing Dream Characters

Very lively and interesting discussion! How about looking at it this way. It has to do with point of view. The center of consciousness, looking out at other beings around it. The dreamer is the point of view of the dream. The other DCs in your dream do not have this point of view, so they cannot be you, kill you or harm you in any way. Having had years of yoga and meditation experience, I believe this to be true.
It is true that other people IRL also have their own POV, just as DCs probably do, but I don't think a POV can separate into two. In other words, you cannot be two separate beings in a dream, because then you would see the dream from two points of view, which you obviously don't.
Therefore, DCs are not you or part of you, but may be some type of mental beings created by the brain, just as multiple personalities are created by the brain. They are a kind of mental energy, and as such, can be merged back into the brain/mind/self, and you're probably correct, cannot really be killed or destroyed in the sense of killing an actual person.
This it taking a more metaphysical approach, rather than just assuming that DCs are manufactured by the sleeping brain or something left over from waking life. Anyway, why are some DCs so hostile in the first place? Trying to deliver some "message" to the dreamer? Maybe they're trying to tell you to confront your problems and not run away from them?
As Mr. Spock would probably say... "fascinating!"

Originally Posted by MissAnana

It is true that other people IRL also have their own POV, just as DCs probably do, but I don't think a POV can separate into two. In other words, you cannot be two separate beings in a dream, because then you would see the dream from two points of view, which you obviously don't.

I've had a dream where I experienced two separate points of view simultaneously. Thinking about it makes my head hurt. There are things that the waking mind was not meant to comprehend...

I'll still try, though.

Originally Posted by Samael

I've had a dream where I experienced two separate points of view simultaneously. Thinking about it makes my head hurt. There are things that the waking mind was not meant to comprehend...

I'll still try, though.

Woah, that sounds awesome, what does seeing in two point of views look like?