Quote Originally Posted by Ev View Post

Recurrent dreams also work against the "continuous dream life" hypothesis.

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I am not saying that the Dream World operates exactly in the same linear fashion as the Physical World.

Perhaps the Dream World is like a Tree and the Physical World is like a Vine. In the Physical World the Persona is restricted to one Life. yes, there can be the Career Person, the Home Person, the Party Person. but essentially the Waking Persona is fixed to one specific Persona. the Vine. a Linear Self.

But Dreaming may be a Tree -- many branches, many personas. In some cases the other branches are Dream Characters, but even the Dream Persona -- our 1st Person "I" experience may jump branches.

What we Recall from our Dreaming Sessions may be compared to a what a Lightning Bug lights up while flying through the Tree. The Mind may be having Thousands of Dreams, but our Consciousness -- the Lightning Bug -- may be attracted only to certain areas.

Recurrent Dreams occur again and again because of a fixation to a certain interest or area. honestly, you don't find your Waking Self ever repeating certain themes. Do you have certain hobbies that have you repeating certain activities again and again? You don't go Clubbing? Hiking? Dating? These are all Recurrent Motifs of our Waking Experence. For instance, for years I was into Flying Airplanes, and then for years I was into Sport Motorcycling. I finally recognized the Motif Behaviors and decided to break the patterns. But now I am Writing all the time. If one can have Recurrent Waking Motifs, then why do Recurrent Dream Motifs make no sense to you?