Thread: Dream Theme: Finances (restaurants) and Class (Parasite 2019)

DarkestDarkness, I did think someone would find it interesting that I resorted to stealing in lucid dreams. The thing is, although I know I am dreaming, the characters will retain their role. If I want, I can go through walls, but I generally still treat walls like walls and still perceive shop owners as shop owners. And even if I know there are no consequences to me just taking a cookie from a stand and eating it, I do still expect a shop owner to dislike that action. Like if I'm playing an open world game like Grand Theft Auto let's say. I know it's a game and that there are no consequences to my actions, but I still do expect the characters to run away and the police to come and arrest me if I start killing people (even if those things didn't happen in the game). This is also because of my own attitude and I could for sure change this, but knowing I am dreaming also comes with the belief that I have no possessions as at all so exchanging money or trading an object of value to a dream character seems insincere to me during the dream. I know any object I give them is simply something I just manifested and will cease to exist as soon as I give it to them. But I do agree these are self-imposed limits and that's why I sat down and meditated on creating a symbol (the money tree and my credit card) which I did not only associate with real physical money but also my sense of having earned financial power through my labor, having participated and contributed in my community through my job. So if I'm ever lucid at a store, I can pay with that feeling that I have earned financial power through working. That way, it feels more sincere to me. Right? And well, given my thought process, I'm surprised LeaningKarst is specifically more likely to exchange money in lucid dreams. Just goes to show it's all in my head!

Aussiemusician, oh, I'm really not talking about things that would affect my budget, but mostly the kind of spending I might make in social context (ice cream, coffee, an activity...)

does it matter whether it affects your budget or not ?