what draws the line between dreams and reality? in other words, how do we know dreams aren't real? my honest take on how most dreams are shifts
you might want to listen to caribbean blue by enya while reading this post, trust me on this one.
in light of my recent conversation with @masoncantthinkofaname, i have come to realize something, which you hopefully resonate with. according to "science", it is believed that our dreams are our minds processing the world, our memories, our fears, thoughts, and our perception of reality through a series of vivid images. i, as an avid dreamer, believe there's more to this.
it is believed by native-american indigenous people, that while we sleep, our soul leaves our body and visits the dream realm. now hang on, i haven't just pulled this out of anywhere - i have my sources:
manari ushigua is the political and spiritual leader of the sápara, an indigenous nation in the ecuadorian and peruvian amazon. the sápara people, who are now very few in number, are a culturally rich community and guardians of the rainforest, who focus heavily on dream work and interpretation. the sápara word makihaunu refers to the dream world, and is a huge aspect of their practices because they view it as a bridge between the material and spirit world. i would recommend watching a few videos which i've linked below explaining more about the dream world. source #1: why do we dream? source #2: the role of the dream world source #3: what happens when we go sleep source #4: dreaming and parallel universes source #5: dreams bridge the physical and spirit world source #6: we cannot have fear in the dream world
many other cultures and traditions such as shamanism, taoism, and hinduism also strongly believe that during our sleep, we always have an out-of-body experience (often referred to our soul or consciousness leaving our physical body to travel the dream realm). what if isn't our soul, but our awareness transcending this realm (or reality) and exploring other realms? think about it - whether you believe in the multiverse theory or consciousness theory, both theories revolve around the fact that we can perceive any reality.
why? well, there are realities that feel like dreams, realities that have no logic and make no sense, and realities where we aren't fully grounded so our senses are clouded, and so much more. in short, we don't know anything.
mason and i agreed that there's more to shifting than what's often discussed. so, needless to say, someone can't decide whether something you experienced is a shift or not. for you, as the experiencer, are the only one who can define your experience. with me so far? if you had a dream which felt oddly shift-like.. then.. you most likely did shift. there are obviously many realities which function like dreams, and we're so used to dreaming that we don't realize it might in fact be a reality. so how do you really know it was a dream? how do you know you didn't shift?
chances are, you most likely woke up after having a clear and vivid dream that felt so real you were convinced you shifted.
i've always wondered, what if dreams aren't just our subconscious relaying perceived information to us, what if they're not just our experience and our ideas, or our fantasies and desires? what if they're not just our worst fears revealing themselves to us? what do we really know about dreaming? how do we know its just our brain showing us a sequence of imagery? and how is that even possible when dreams feel so real? all of my 5 senses work in my dreams, even my intuitive perception. can it be a coincidence that they feel so real? most times, we are so engrossed in our dreams that we truly believe it's real life and that we aren't in a dream.
in fact, dreaming hasn't actually been objectively proven or explained by science. science has explained different states experienced during dreams such as REM and the emission of theta waves. however, we don't actually know what the dreamer experiences unless we are the dreamer ourselves. there's plenty psychological explanations for it, but there are no solid explanations for dreaming, except for EEG's and measurements of brain activity to indicate we are having one. someone can recollect their dream and write it down but does that really count as evidence if we can't see someone else's dream? this leads me to believe the world doesn't just stop at science and that there's many things that will most likely never be proven or entirely explained. think about it, the vast majority of the world's population dreams, and even lucid dreams, yet there's no fully proven explanation for it. "but araya, i had a dream where i was fighting a half-shark half-dinosaur mutant with feathers and popcorn for eyes, and my teeth were falling out!" well, you know the consciousness theory right? our assumptions create reality. or should i say our conscious thoughts create our reality. well what if in our "dreams" - it is our subconscious creating our reality? this video explains that when we as consciousness or pure awareness depart our physical body, then the experience and perception of this current reality ceases to exist at that moment, and is practically nonexistent to us. therefore, when we are aware of our "dreams", we perceive that reality as real and objective to us. when we wake up? our perception of that dream loses its reality and we are once again objectively aware of this three-dimensional/cubic reality.
i'm not saying all shifts are dreams, and that all dreams are shifts. but i know there are many here who have grown increasingly suspicious of their dreams and are starting to question them, even considering the possibility that they shifted. what's important is that you define your experiences without any external negative influences.
the next time you have an unusually realistic and vivid dream, even about a reality you want to shift to, maybe consider that the dream was most likely a shift.
"so the world goes round and round with all you ever knew they say the sky high above is caribbean blue
if every man says all he can if every man is true do i believe the sky above is caribbean blue"
would you rather believe what the world tells us, or would you label your experiences based on how you perceive them? happy shifting 🩷
