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Dream Characters
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Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
Yes, but I'm off my meds.
During the dream, yeah.
I assume you experience consciousness too, though I can't actually prove it.
freethinker44
Well-Known Member
No, not even a possibility. I learned to control my dreams when I was young and let me tell you, a lot of this mysticism surrounding dreams disappears when you have complete control of every aspect of your dream. When I was in control, even their thoughts and emotions weren't a mystery to me as I was aware of and controlled what they felt and thought as if I was a director and they were acting out my script. And that's actually kind of a bad analogy because actors implies a consciousness acting out another consciousness, they were really more like puppets.
Gambit
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Gambit
Well-Known Member
I'm not asking if you yourself are conscious during your dreams (that's a given). I'm asking whether you believe the characters who inhabit your dreams are conscious.
freethinker44
Well-Known Member
More or less. I'm still undecided on the free will v determinism debate, but I lean towards free will.
Frankly, I avoid using the word "conscious" at all, unless I am contrasting it in terms being awake (conscious) vs asleep (or unconscious .
No, in general I see them as just the machinations of my subconscious. However, I do believe there are some higher dream experiences in which conscious entities come through.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Please elaborate.
I believe that incorporeal entities can communicate with people best in the sleeping state (or the stage between sleep and awake) if they have a will to communicate something. This would not be the normal dream.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
That's the hypnagogic state - a state that's pregnant with paranormal activity. But I referring to our so-called normal dreaming state. It's possible we are accessing parallel selves in parallel worlds in that state.
No, they are not conscious.
Curious George
Veteran Member
I only ever lucid dream. But I still don't know how to answer. On one hand, they are part of my consciousness and I know they are characters, akin to imaginary friends. Otoh, I endow them with consciousness as a characteristic. While I know they are characters throughout my dream, I get absorbed in it as one might a video game. So , I guess the answer to the op, for me, is yes and no.
