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I've always thought of dreams as alternate realities, realities in which we visit and interact with. They're the conduit to seeing the possibilities life has to offer. They exist as unrealized existances, unrealized because the choices and directions we've made have led us to this point in time. Dreams are meer figiments of what could have been, but were just as likely to occur at our point of transition. Sure, dreams can be wierd or even lucid, but they seem very real at the time of dreaming right? We're the star of the show, but lack the control to really do anything except on rare occasions; allowed to view but not interfere. We made our choice and live with the choices we make.
One question comes to mind though. If we're glimpsing these unrealized existances, taking place of the other whose reality that is, what happens to us? Well, we're asleep; unconscious and unresponsive to the world around us. What is it we need to be aware of? In fact what are you aware of when you sleep? All I know is that as soon as I fall asleep I awaken without the actual knowledge of time passing though I assume it did. Was I awake to witness the passage of time? No. It just happens. One moment you're asleep, the next you awaken. Your sleep could have been eight hours, or it could have been two. There's no control of the process aside from outside assistance (drugs, relaxitive tools, etc).
I realized this paradox as a child. The passage of time has always fascinated me due to its relativity. The biggest question was the awareness of time as one sleeps. Soon that thought carried over to death. If I were to sleep and never awaken, how would I know I was dead? I mean I never know when I'm asleep until I awaken. During the acutal process of sleep though it's a mystery unless I have someone watching over me the entire time, but even still. Its their perception and not my own.
It's a big fear of mine when I go to sleep that when I do fall asleep, I may not wake. I may sleep forever and never be aware of it never to know I was asleep to begin with. Like I said, the transition from sleep to awake is instantaneous to your own personal perception. It's kinda creepy to know that eight or so hours pass in an instant when the other sixteen hours take so long. Where did the time go? What did you do? It's a paradox that has led me to hope that if I ever do not awaken, I hope there's a dream that will take me away. Reality or not makes no difference as long as it's something I can experience.
One question comes to mind though. If we're glimpsing these unrealized existances, taking place of the other whose reality that is, what happens to us? Well, we're asleep; unconscious and unresponsive to the world around us. What is it we need to be aware of? In fact what are you aware of when you sleep? All I know is that as soon as I fall asleep I awaken without the actual knowledge of time passing though I assume it did. Was I awake to witness the passage of time? No. It just happens. One moment you're asleep, the next you awaken. Your sleep could have been eight hours, or it could have been two. There's no control of the process aside from outside assistance (drugs, relaxitive tools, etc).
I realized this paradox as a child. The passage of time has always fascinated me due to its relativity. The biggest question was the awareness of time as one sleeps. Soon that thought carried over to death. If I were to sleep and never awaken, how would I know I was dead? I mean I never know when I'm asleep until I awaken. During the acutal process of sleep though it's a mystery unless I have someone watching over me the entire time, but even still. Its their perception and not my own.
It's a big fear of mine when I go to sleep that when I do fall asleep, I may not wake. I may sleep forever and never be aware of it never to know I was asleep to begin with. Like I said, the transition from sleep to awake is instantaneous to your own personal perception. It's kinda creepy to know that eight or so hours pass in an instant when the other sixteen hours take so long. Where did the time go? What did you do? It's a paradox that has led me to hope that if I ever do not awaken, I hope there's a dream that will take me away. Reality or not makes no difference as long as it's something I can experience.