tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5008356640095256562..comments2024-03-14T14:41:17.663-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Why do we dream?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-17478335250704141632019-09-11T16:54:57.047-04:002019-09-11T16:54:57.047-04:00I think is blogpost is related to another recent b...I think is blogpost is related to another recent blogpost by Steve, "<a href="https://triablogue.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-christian-frame-tale.html" rel="nofollow">The Christian frame tale"</a>.<br /><br />Animals may or may not dream, but for years I've come to believe that one of the many reasons God allows <i><b>humans</b></i> to dream is to contemplate reality/ies beyond our physical reality. If all the consciousness we ever experienced were during our waking hours, it would be much more difficult to contemplate other realities. Dreaming opens us up to the consideration of the possibility of the supernatural. So much so that most cultures thought dreams were at times (in some cultures "always") supernatural themselves, or somehow connected to the supernatural. Maybe as windows we peer through, or doorways we walk through. In dreams we encounter real or imagined gods or the God/Deity, benevolent and malevolent spirit-like entities (e.g. angels, demons, jinn etc.), the past, the future, alternative histories/realities &c.ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-32527840221303095052019-08-22T20:05:33.373-04:002019-08-22T20:05:33.373-04:00Several intriguing ideas!Several intriguing ideas!Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01142879704651632453noreply@blogger.com