Sivason:
You may have missed my point. My fault, I'm sure, so I will try again.
That point was that I was considering what it would mean if some DC's were avatars of real beings, that dream-sharing was real, and if this were common knowledge among all humans, simply because it was irrecovably proven, and not simply held on faith by a mystical few. I guess I was trying to go in a direction, per the OP, that said that dream-sharing would have such a powerful impact on human existence, were it proven, you'd think that would have happened by now... Unles of course we are only just now growing mature enough to step up to this level of consciousness. That seemed like an exciting conversation to be had!
In a sense, I was trying to chat about the potentials of a world where dream-sharing is as common as flipping on a light switch (something that would have been a scientifically impossible miracle just 2 centuries ago, BTW). I wished to avoid the standard dream-sharing/DC's-are-real exchange that amounts to "It's true because I said so," followed by "It's not because the world says so," then an ongoing "is too" "Is not" exchange that helps no one. I was not taking the side of science, or assuming that all that can be known is known, and I really did not want to fall into another conversation about all the new "discoveries" in science. But it happened anyway. My bad, I guess...I should have known better. Funny, I feel like I just said this on a different thread.
Two other quick things that I feel compelled to say, even after all that:
First, I have watched "How the Universe Works," and I highly recommend you take their pronouncements with a grain of salt, as their producers are more interested in ratings and ad dollars than truth. Like many shows of this type, they dwell only on the wildest, usually least supported theories and then attach their own ideas and pictures to make them even wilder. I'm sure there is truth in there somewhere, just as there is on any airing of Star Trek, but the truth is wrapped in very shiny paper that must be peeled away...preferably by reading a book on the subject (you might try work by Brian Greene, for instance). Galaxies do not go faster than light, hyperspace may exist, but if it were practical the the same massive changes to humanity that practical dream-sharing would cause would occur... And also, if a galaxy were moving away from us at a pace exceeding light speed, how would we know, since its light would never reach us? No need to answer; since this is way off topic, and I simply don't care enough, I'll leave it at that...I hope you will as well.
Second, I have been practicing dream yoga for decades -- I apparently was doing so before I finally learned the term about ten years ago, and have personally experienced its "truths," which I assume is similar to being shown them...we're not all newbies here. That said, I'd like to offer a small warning: be very careful of those truths you were shown, because whatever you were shown are mere examples; the real truths you encounter in dream (and sleep) yoga are sourced not in someone else's words, but in the very heart of our souls, our nature. Do you know what else is sourced there? Imagination. Attach to what you're really experiencing the expectation of those shown truths fueled with imagination, stir it around in the center of your soul for a time, add some religious faith later, and you may brew a conceptual mix that, though it seems very deep and perfectly real, is simply a product of your own imagination, a fulfillment of your beliefs. Perhaps not, of course, but the possibility does, must, exist.
Remember also that in the Matrix Morpheus was ultimately wrong, and it would have helped Neo deeply if he could have known how everything worked before taking that pill; It would have saved us all the need to see the next two movies!
I hope I did not offend, Sivason, as that was not my intention. It is simply that these things are of great import to me, and sometimes I just tire of potentially worthwhile exchanges being shredded by "truths" based on faith, anecdotal experiences, and pop-culture science... Sometimes all at once. I hope you read my words with the good intentions I hold, and understand my consternation. If you cannot, then please forgive and feel free fo forget.
