# Is Life A Dream? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620 "2013-10-19T02:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/21 "2013-10-19T12:58:51Z")
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown. -T.S. Eliot. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/22 "2013-10-19T13:03:46Z")
Mine is, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/23 "2013-10-19T13:05:54Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn! Ph’nglui mglw’nfah Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn! Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li! And here I thought you weren’t the traditional religious type. ---
**Author:** ![StJoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@StJoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StJoan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/24 "2013-10-19T13:09:27Z")
Nah, it is a nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/25 "2013-10-19T14:48:45Z")
I think I thought I saw you try. ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/26 "2013-10-19T15:22:36Z")
”I want to make sure you know you are not who you think you are…Who you are, in truth, who everyone is, is whole and perfect and beautiful. And if that can be recognized, then it is possible that self-torture can stop!” ~ Gangaji ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/27 "2013-10-19T16:35:23Z")
Dreams are their own life. They are the reward after a long day of living. Life awake builds us, challenges us, makes us better, occasionally smarter, but also more wise. We bring all of these new things into our dreams, which inspires us. Awake and inspired, we go about our day, doing and creating and learning. Its the perfect action of the two, building on one another, that rolls us forth through life. Life could be a dream too, I suppose. (But I’m not rowing that damned boat. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/28 "2013-10-19T16:42:31Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Dreams are their own life. They are the reward after a long day of living. Life awake builds us, challenges us, makes us better, occasionally smarter, but also more wise. We bring all of these new things into our dreams, which inspires us. > > Awake and inspired, we go about our day, doing and creating and learning. Its the perfect action of the two, building on one another, that rolls us forth through life. > > Life could be a dream too, I suppose. (But I’m not rowing that damned boat. 😉 ) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/29 "2013-10-19T17:38:49Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > Either you’ve been reading Pedro Calderon de la Barca or you’re Scandinavian. Or 15. ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/30 "2013-10-19T17:47:03Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Or 15. 🙂 Bet I’m older than you. Aloha ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/31 "2013-10-19T18:29:08Z")
Waking from the dream requires only that you still thought. No plans, no concerns, hopes and fears. Learning to still thought is much like learning to herd cats. Alohaha. [https://www.google.com/search?q=new+yorker+herding+cats+cartoon&site=webhp&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=WL1iUpP2HoKeiALCjYHABA&ved=0CC4QsAQ#facrc=\_&imgdii=\_&imgrc=higPip4SnKmKGM%3A%3BMrTBDPaaNwYzJM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fmedia.cagle.com%252F132%252F2013%252F03%252F03%252F128112\_600.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.cagle.com%252Ftag%252Fboehner%252Fpage%252F13%252F%3B600%3B428](https://www.google.com/search?q=new+yorker+herding+cats+cartoon&site=webhp&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=WL1iUpP2HoKeiALCjYHABA&ved=0CC4QsAQ#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=higPip4SnKmKGM%3A%3BMrTBDPaaNwYzJM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fmedia.cagle.com%252F132%252F2013%252F03%252F03%252F128112_600.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.cagle.com%252Ftag%252Fboehner%252Fpage%252F13%252F%3B600%3B428) ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/32 "2013-10-19T19:00:47Z")
[http://www.newyorker.com/humor/issuecartoons/2013/10/21/cartoons\_20131014?utm\_source=tny&utm\_medium=email&utm\_campaign=cartoonemail&mbid=nl\_Cartoon%20(61)#slide=3](http://www.newyorker.com/humor/issuecartoons/2013/10/21/cartoons_20131014?utm_source=tny&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cartoonemail&mbid=nl_Cartoon%20(61)#slide=3) ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/33 "2013-10-19T20:28:13Z")
I’m pretty sure you’ve stilled your thoughts plenty at this point. For at least two definitions of “still.” ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/34 "2013-10-19T21:24:43Z")
If life is a dream, it’s a pretty bad one. > [@robardin](#): > > We have lingered in the chambers of the sea > By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown > Till human voices wake us, and we drown. > > -T.S. Eliot. This is from one of my favorite poems, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/35 "2013-10-19T21:37:29Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > I’m pretty sure you’ve stilled your thoughts plenty at this point. For at least two definitions of “still.” I’m good for one. Lobotomy. Aloha ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/36 "2013-10-19T23:30:44Z")
Looking back at what I posted last night it’s clear that drunk me didn’t understand the OP. Now, after sobering up, it still looks like nonsense. If **jsutter** was making a reference _someone_ would have gotten it by now. That just leave the one option: the OP is a big ol’ pile of crazy. ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620/37 "2013-10-20T02:24:58Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Looking back at what I posted last night it’s clear that drunk me didn’t understand the OP. Now, after sobering up, it still looks like nonsense. If **jsutter** was making a reference _someone_ would have gotten it by now. That just leave the one option: the OP is a big ol’ pile of crazy. 🆒 Aloha. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620.md?page=1)