[mo-uk]

Dream or Life, which is the true reality?

I once had a conversation with a friend who is not afraid to extend the boundary and horizon of analytical thought. This friend and I had talked long hours about the essence of (real) life and dream.

The contention of our conversation, I confess, was an offshoot from common belief and conception of the roles of dream/s and reality. I started the conversation by indicating that life in essence is one figment of a continual dream and that dream is the true and permanent status of man kind.

The purpose of my saying so becomes clear if one considers carefully the already existing evidences. In all revelations to humanity, one trend of describing life has been common in all belief systems. The common thing in all monothystic religions is 'pre-destination' of events and actions in our lives.

First, there was predestination. Second, creation. Third, there would be death. Forth, there would be resurrection. Fifth, there would be permanence.

So in this order, although it could mean that we were not created first as flesh and bones, our souls existed before the creation of bodies and minds. But with creation came what is called life. If life wasn’t there then it would mean we would have existed as a soul only and in dream.

Dreams are not touchable, they exist in their own cosmic universe where souls escape to when they leave the bodies behind. So what I mean here is that dreams are the reality and life is just one figment of dreams among other things.

We live we die and when we die our souls sleep till resurrected by God on the judgment day. When the souls are resurrected, if lucky, they will then exist in the truest dream. A dream that would last forever, one which all your needs will be met through thoughts and wishes.

At this point my friend was becoming agitated by what I was saying and had question me doubtingly. The friend asked:

“but how do you explain the inconsistency inherit in dreams, and the inability for one to remember them unlike in life that has memories?”

To this question I answered: we cannot remember dreams that we have well for the basic fact that the now-ness of life is powerfully reflective in all capacities of our mind.

We truly belong in dreams but because life is a test to the future goodness for our dreams, our minds develop adoptation to life and we become very focused and determined to pass the test that is present. When that test (life) – is over, meaning when death marks the end of the test, we may shift back to sleep and dreams.

Life is simply a process by which God has created to test Adam and Eve’s worthiness of paradise, if we, being the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve’ pass the test before us now, then we will go back to our home, which is paradise. Adam and Eve’ were in paradise but were thrown out to life and earth to prove themselves.


--- So my dear mashadites ... any thoughts on this issue?

[grip_daddy]

Mo-uk,

How would you change your thoughts about life if it so happens that a soul surviving the body is a myth?

How do you differentiate between dreams that happen due to the bigger dream and the bigger dream? Sometimes back in childhood I used to argue that the night time or otherwise sleep dreams are the reality but consciousness being the real dream.

After the hypothesised resurrection, would one agree to accept penalties consequent of wrong doing if this temporal life was a mere dream?

Existence of soul (the word translated soul in the bible means life) before Creation is contradictory to mortality of man and opposing immortality of God.