Is 'reality' as we know it a dream?
 

Ill start this by quoting Zhuangzi;
"Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know he was Zhuangzi. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuangzi. But he didn't know if he was Zhuangzi who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuangzi."

My question is, if this life as we know it is perception of our own reality and our reality is simply our central nervous system sending electrical signals throughout our body, how do we that any of this is real? Like Zhuangzi, I could be living my life as a dream, not really existing, just being in-between an alternate reality. Just because I can experience physical pain does not necessarily make me 'real'.

I am dumbfounded. I know there is no right or wrong answer here but please share your thoughts as this will torment my mind until I can make any kind of sense of it, which I don't think is entirely possible...

Roll roll roll your boat bro

I asked the same question on a different website

http://forums.philosophyforums.com/t...eam-64278.html

it will be interesting to compare answers

i have mind fucked myself

Paging Dr. Rawn. Paging Dr. Namix. Dr. Namix we’re going to need a metaphysical discussion on the nature of duality and the transcendence of space-time through spiritual evolution STAT. Dr. Rawn were going to need you to come out of hiding ASAP to provide a second opinion and extensive wikipedia research.

(I think I am an expert therefore I am an expert).

i wish this was a dream so i could kill everyone and live like an animal

nah but

dreams are a subset of reality, specifically brain functions & neuron activity. assuming this is a dream opens doors to a whole lot of shit, not specifically good either

and not to mention if this is a dream, everything is an illusion including all the pussies you've fucked

so basically, you're a virgin



step ya virtual game up, br0

next watch a movie "a waking life". Get back to me.

My problem with things like this is it is all just pure speculation, which is ok, but when people start believing things like this as factual it becomes a problem.

The same issue I have with religion, really.

WE R NOT HERE WITTY STOP

U R MY DREAM FRIEND

I am honoured, Sir.

YOU ARE MY ONE GAY FRIEND WITTY

the only difference is your brain frequency, which allows you to perceive time in a waken state and not in a dream state as you move through alpha into delta.

and because of our perception of time, our perception of 'manifestation' is slower.

That's why what ever we think in a dream happens instantaneously, but we believe we do not have the same influence in our waken state due to the latency between imagination and reality.

woof.

I am honoured, Sir.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL



good grief

Had a dream a couple nights ago wherein a I could do a back flip. Ergo, dreams are not reality.

Nice try fagboys

I can backflip on a trampoline and land on my feet.

True Story.

I can't do it on solid ground though, I'm not Asian.

kill yourself, seriously. then you'll know for sure if you're dreaming or not

Okay then, ill add in Astral projection to the mix.

What if when one masters this, they are traveling to the 'true' world where the soul exists. I have astral projected once momentarily before I returned. It was an amazing experience.

@Veritas didn't you say I came to you in a dream once? (no rawnmo)

We don't know. We just live. All the proof points to it being real. We feel it, we hear it, we smell it, we see it. What proof it isn't real is strong enough to counter the above proof?

You waste your time trying to figure this out you'll drive yourself nuts. Take it for what it is, go with it and enjoy the ride I say.