Thread: Dreams are real

I would say... it depends on your definition of "real". However, dreams are not physical in the same sense as waking reality. It mimics the material worlds and material experiences, but it is altogether a different state of reality. It may be under the influence of a metaphysical plane of existence and we may be experiencing different realities with our brain working as a hardware for the process, but dreams are still mysterious phenomena. Some say it's random electrical and chemical impulses of the brain, some say it's part of memory consolidation process, some believe there is more to it. I believe our brain is like a gaming console or a computer system. We can have client-side "dream" experiences as well as relationship that's like online server (metaphysical plane) to interact with external elements such as probably in the case of shared dreams, but our brain is the hardware and so it uses it's own resources to help us experience these realities and tried it's best to create elements from external information it receives.