Reality as a dream (illusion)?

[Artist]

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[Fragments]

I think the conventional reality and routines most people are caught in are a dream. Materialism, superficial relations with people, persuits of wealth, working mindlessly at a job for 9 hours a day to pay for a nice car, and such.

[Carnage]

Two types of dreams normal dreams and lucid dreams....

If we say we are in a dream and acknowledge the fact, then technically we are lucid dreaming because we know we are in a dream

If you deny that we are in a dream then you are noramlly dreaming becuase you dont know you are dreams....its possible one of the great questions philosophers ask...

[Fragments]

If we say we are in a dream and acknowledge the fact, then technically we are lucid dreaming because we know we are in a dream

I've had quite a few dreams in which I question things, or suspect. I jump and try to fly but I can't, so I continue to go along with things. If wacky things don't happen there is really no way to differentiate.

[ButterflySoul]

You should read about some of the Hindu beliefs on this. Namely the idea of our lower earthly reality being a quasi-illusion (Maya), still theoretically "real" but like a skewed version of the big Reality, like we're seeing things through a fog or a veil.There's also the view of God as the Universal Dreamer, who is dreaming up all of us and the reality that we know is a figment of His creative imagination. Also, that the big Illusion is the concept that we're all separate from each other and from the Divine when we're really all one.

I think if you're interested in these concepts it's worth checking out. Some reading material on the Advaita-Vedanta school of philosophy would probably be a good starting point, as would some of the religious scriptures. Good luck!