I've been thinking about dreams and why we dont act in them the way we do in real life.
Suddenly it occured to me that we may not be "ourselves" because dreams are random events, not connected to real life or each other. An action in one dream will cause no reaction in the next dream. Therefore our minds may process them differently. Have you noticed that your dreamsselves often lack qualities that are almost essential to our everyday survival in the RL. I'm talking about fear, expectations, responsibilites, concern about our future or our past, and many other types of behavior that are associated with linear time. I cant quite put a finger on them all. At the same time the qualities that help us "live in the moment" are increased - confidence, bravery, curiosity, desire to act and experiment. Once again I dont think this is a full list. We are so intensely focused on the moment that we disregard or dont pay attention to the past and that causes us to most of the time overlook the fact that we are dreaming.


Do you think this idea is close to how things really are?