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26-04-2020, 06:45 AM
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Solipsism
Have you ever considered you are alone in your own dream?
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26-04-2020, 07:48 AM
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Master
Join Date: Mar 2013
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When I was 16 I attempted to start a schoolyard religion based on this very thought. it's nice to know that there is a name for it.
I was a drama kid... We were all a bit offbeat.
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26-04-2020, 11:20 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CosmicValet
Have you ever considered you are alone in your own dream?
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I am alone in a dream with other versions of myself saying they are also alone in a dream...cool
Have you considered that what "you" perceive as "you" isn't you/doesn't exist (take your pick because it doesn't matter either way).
Solipsism? Nah, never heard of it. *jokes*
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26-04-2020, 11:51 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2018
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CosmicValet
Have you ever considered you are alone in your own dream?
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Literally, as in when you dream during sleep? Sure.
Outside of that? Nope.
Solipsism as a serious proposition is a mental disease IMO. I know that will be read as a 'strong opinion' but there's just no way to argue in favour of solipsism. Others exist outside of you, the world will continue to exist after your death. It's also worthwhile to consider that solipsism is not similar to pantheism, which does recognize others exist.
Last edited by Altair : 26-04-2020 at 12:33 PM.
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26-04-2020, 12:24 PM
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This topic pops up from time to time. I thought about it but couldn't take it seriously. Looking around at "society" and what's going on in the world, I'd need a horrid and hopelessly perverse imagination to come up with that backdrop.
But....I have no proof. No one does.
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26-04-2020, 02:09 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Delhi, India
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Dreams have no sequential continuity
Waking reality does
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The Self has no attribute
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27-04-2020, 05:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Unseeking Seeker
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Dreams have no sequential continuity
Waking reality does
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True. Have you awoke from one dream to find yourself in another?
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I have the Earth, Sun, Moon and Stars; good company of those around me; a bed and pillow on which to sleep; a potato and butter to eat; the present moment to use as I please. Heaven.
www.speaksumo.com
www.bluestar.uno
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29-04-2020, 05:20 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Arizona, U.S.A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Unseeking Seeker
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Dreams have no sequential continuity
Waking reality does
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From http://dream-institute.org/articles/seth-on-dreams/
(there's much more there which may be interest to anyone wishing to explore this and related matters further):
" Seth noted that just as, on any given day, the events in our personal lives fit within the larger pattern of world events, likewise on any given night, the intimate events of our dreams also exist in the greater context of the world’s dreams. (Roberts, 1981, 109–110) In line with Jung’s notion of the collective unconscious, Seth emphasized that we each have a 'dream memory' as a species, with certain natural symbols. And even when shared dreams are not recalled, they nevertheless circulate through our psychological system and “are responsible for the inventiveness and creativity of the species.” (Roberts, 1979, 186–87)"
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