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pig · 05-19-2004, 10:42 AM

Aww man - for a second this looked like it was going to be a little discussion of objective reality of the "soul." Bet that would have been fun.

On topic, I am not convinced that all dreams are the same, or that all parts of dreaming are the same, any more than all parts of our sleep cycle are the same. I do believe in something that I suppose could be labelled a "soul" - i.e. I don't think that we're all only a collection of macromolecules and proteins. I have had experiences where I've felt strong connections to people in my life during or just after dreams, and they have later mentioned to me that they had a reciprocal feeling at the same time. Make of that what you will - I do believe that such connections are possible, and the fact that I can't objectively, analytically defend it or define it, or more correctly prove it, absolutely does not bother me, personally. On the other hand, I have had dreams that I felt were more personal and were of the type mentioned by crow_daw - where my subconscious was trying to break free, perhaps. And then I've had some that were just crap.

I don't know so much about the all the infinite dimensions / infinite dreams stuff...are you referring to the dream within a dream concept? I would respond more directly to this part, but I'm afraid I don't fully understand it. It might help for me to add that I believe in one, unique reality - all encompassing and beyond objective and subjective representations. Therefore, unless you're getting into some sort of concept of reincarnation or the dream within a dream, I'm afraid I don't quite follow.

05-19-2004, 10:42 AM	#10 (permalink)
pig pigglet pigglet Location: Locash	Aww man - for a second this looked like it was going to be a little discussion of objective reality of the "soul." Bet that would have been fun. On topic, I am not convinced that all dreams are the same, or that all parts of dreaming are the same, any more than all parts of our sleep cycle are the same. I do believe in something that I suppose could be labelled a "soul" - i.e. I don't think that we're all only a collection of macromolecules and proteins. I have had experiences where I've felt strong connections to people in my life during or just after dreams, and they have later mentioned to me that they had a reciprocal feeling at the same time. Make of that what you will - I do believe that such connections are possible, and the fact that I can't objectively, analytically defend it or define it, or more correctly prove it, absolutely does not bother me, personally. On the other hand, I have had dreams that I felt were more personal and were of the type mentioned by crow_daw - where my subconscious was trying to break free, perhaps. And then I've had some that were just crap. I don't know so much about the all the infinite dimensions / infinite dreams stuff...are you referring to the dream within a dream concept? I would respond more directly to this part, but I'm afraid I don't fully understand it. It might help for me to add that I believe in one, unique reality - all encompassing and beyond objective and subjective representations. Therefore, unless you're getting into some sort of concept of reincarnation or the dream within a dream, I'm afraid I don't quite follow. __________________ You don't love me, you just love my piggy style Last edited by pig; 05-19-2004 at 10:45 AM..