Dreams vs Reality

[Theorist]

Originally Posted by Layzie

Please do not take this the wrong way, but if you're able to type this out and tell people this, then I don't see how there is any possible way you can not know whether you're dreaming or not. A dream may feel real while it's actually happening, but when you're awake you can totally tell the difference between the two.

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Well, let me try to explain. Like right now. I just did a "awake" test. I looked at my hand, and made sure all my birth marks and scars were in the right spot. Then, I licked the roof of my mouth, and it tickled and felt weird. These are both reality checks, because in dreams your hand won't have the exact detailing, and the tongue one is good, because your tongue against the roof of your mouth is a very unique feeling not commonly felt in a lucid dream.

If this makes it clearer, it's kinda like I could go through a whole day. Then, at the end, when I go to bed, it feels like I didn't do anything that day. It feels like that day just happened, and I don't remember any specific physical senses or anything, just a few thoughts I had during the day.

Like, I don't necessarily mean night time dreams vs reality. A lot of it is that much of what I do, day to day, seems to be in my head. I do calculus, I learn German, I read literature, I do physics. I do it all, but everything happens in my head. I never felt in physical reality, because I was sitting there the whole time.

If that makes sense anymore?

ps: thanks for that link, I'm gonna go read it. You guys know a lot on this. And that "Wanting to have these virtues, but being unable to get them in society" is extremely accurate. I've been debating with myself recently if I should promote things that I think are right, if some people think other things (which highly contrast my beliefs) are right. Because, it's like I truly honestly with all my heart believe some certain value is right. Then other people think it's stupid, and think something else is right. Idk, I'm trying to decide: do I fight for the ideals I think are right, or simply try to live by them myself, and accept that other people will think other things are "right," even if I think they're "wrong."

If that's confusing, let me give you an example.
I was raised believing that we humans are no different than other animals, or other plants. That we shouldn't get special privelages. That "All life has intrinsic value, regardless of its value to humans." Then, when someone says "Animals are only here for us (humans) to eat." I'm at a loss. The latter belief obviously comes from a Christian faith. I'm Christian too, but I suppose my interpretation of the bible is different than theirs. Now, I don't want to offend someone's faith. But I don't know what to do, the morals I was raised by just got shot down. Do I say promote mine and say animals are more than food, or do I sit there and let them say what they want, and "let it be"?