How is it that the sense of self in a dream can be so different from the waking state? Often in dreams I interact with other dream characters but my sense of "me" is very different from my sense of "me" during the day.
It seems to imply that "me" is somewhat fluid, no?
Hey Paladin. I actually read this thread yesterday.... after the dream I
had last night, I realized something. Here is some weirdness for ya:
even though my situation is exactly the opposite of yours, it comes with
its own baggage. Like when I wake up, I honestly can not tell the
difference between some of the stuff that happens in my dream, and real
life. Because I am exactly the same. The reason why this can be a problem
is because the memory of the dream, becomes encoded into my brain
exactly like a memory of a waking event.
Example:
Today, I woke up, and I had to check my bitcomet cue line, because
in my dream, I had started a download, even though my monthly bandwidth
quota was finished, and I knew my damn SP would shut down my internet
again if exceeded the limit.. So I was actually worried when I woke up, cuz
I couldn't tell if I had exceeded the bandwidth limit in my dream, or real
life...
But with this type of weirdness, there is also a pretty kool upside.
like sometimes, things get REALLY exiting lol. Especially in lucid states.
Like in a nightmare, when I figure out I can control stuff... and I imagine
that I have a katana!! Its super samurai time that night lol... But....
sometimes things get... a little out of control.... and those memories stick
like glue for a while... and it can really mess with your head. I remember
I told a nightmare I had once to some friends a long time ago, and when
I was done, they were like...
"you shouldnt tell things like that to people"
... I was like, '
??? you told me to tell it!!', and she's like,
'i didn't know it
was gonna be that scary damnit!'..... lol
Also, another problem is when you do things like... give into temptations
or whatever, in the dream... you feel
really guilty afterwords, because there
is no difference between the memory of your dream and your waking state..
And because there is no difference between the "you" of your dream and
the "you" of your waking state, you really become suspicious of yourself...
So just like you Paladin might get suspicious because of the
dichotomy,
I sometimes get suspicious because of the
similarity... of the actions of
the dream
me, and the waking
me.