Thinking about past life events lately I have been very surprised to have powerful visualizations of occurrences  that seem very real past experiences, but on further  contemplation I am pretty sure they are not.

With focused conscious thinking I can nether place them in the reality of my past experiences nor confirm they really occurred during a waking state.  I have concluded they are memories derived from my sub- conscious based on repeated dream sequences.

Alternate Reality

I wonder if dreams are as real as my conscious experiences occurring in alternate reality.  Perhaps  the parallel fictional universe I construct while sleeping becomes part of my altered consciousness   and so in some context is real.

The question this raises for me is what does it all mean? These fleeting memories, some of which are quite strong seem to have an association with things that I believe did occur but with a twist or different perception of the events.

What is Real?

At the risk of becoming a bit of an existentialist, It makes me wonder what is reality, beyond that which we define it as being.  That is to say perhaps french philosopher Sarte is not correct in his proclamation “I think therefore I am”

Maybe the common definition of realty,  “the world or the state of things as they actually exist” is dependent somewhat on the definition of existence.

Dream Reality

Dreams do exist so assuming the world or state they define is real this raises the question,  is my conscious  life more real or are dreams in fact the reality and consciousness the alternate.

As I continue to explore these long past glimpses of strongly themed dreams I can to some extent perceive their reality.  Perhaps sleep is where the good stuff really happens.