01-24-2011, 05:35 PM
Zenmaster, I've had those experiences, too, where I had a dream within a dream within a dream. You get to the point that when you really wake up, you aren't sure how to tell what is real anymore. I think it's a valuable clue to the fact that our reality as we know it IS a dream...a very sound illusion.
I don't get how scientists have come up with all this stuff about what can or cannot happen in dreams. I've heard it said that you cannot feel pain in dreams. I've been horribly tortured in my dreams...the worst pain I've ever felt. They say you can't read, as all the letters would appear backwards. Also not true. I read books in my dreams. And of course, falling off a cliff and hitting the bottom does not kill you. I've done it tons of times. I've died numerous times in my dreams and still woken up just fine. (okay, those last two are more urban legends than scientific propositions) And I've always dreamed in color. I just wonder who really came up with all this stuff and how, because I don't think I know ANYONE who has dreams that follow the established format.
I don't get how scientists have come up with all this stuff about what can or cannot happen in dreams. I've heard it said that you cannot feel pain in dreams. I've been horribly tortured in my dreams...the worst pain I've ever felt. They say you can't read, as all the letters would appear backwards. Also not true. I read books in my dreams. And of course, falling off a cliff and hitting the bottom does not kill you. I've done it tons of times. I've died numerous times in my dreams and still woken up just fine. (okay, those last two are more urban legends than scientific propositions) And I've always dreamed in color. I just wonder who really came up with all this stuff and how, because I don't think I know ANYONE who has dreams that follow the established format.