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Harun Yahya

The Realism in Dreams

We do not actually speak with anyone in our dreams. We see no-one, and our eyes are closed. We

neither run, nor walk. No monsters frighten and chase us, no green and spacious lawns spread out be-
fore us. There are no skyscrapers we are scared to look down from or crowds of people. In the face of
all these images, we are, in fact, alone in bed. The loud noises from the crowds we imagine to be surro-
unding us, never in fact reach into our silent room.

When we imagine ourselves to be running very fast, we are not in fact moving at all. When we ima-
gine ourselves to be having a heated discussion with someone, we do not in fact even open our mouths.
Yet during dreaming, we experience all these things very vividly. The people around us, our surroun-
dings and the things we experience are so realistic that we never imagine that these things are actually

part of our dream.
We may even dream of being hit by a car and receive a very clear impression of the pains that re-
sult. We truly feel the fear we experience as the car approaches, it speeds toward us, and the moment of
impact. We have no doubt as to the reality of these sensations. The temperature of air, people’s expres-

sions, the clothes we are wearing and everything are exceedingly realistic. Yet we have actually experi-
enced none of these. No light or sound reaches us. There is no cause of any image, sound or smell. The
concept we refer to as the external world has disappeared. This is all experienced solely in our minds.
Yet we do not realize that this is the case. Even if we are told—in the dream—that we are actually drea-

ming, we completely discount the possibility and are utterly convinced of the reality of the dream world
we are inhabiting. For us, the things we see, smell, touch and feel in dreams have a definite reality. For
that reason, our fears, joys and doubts during dreaming are also real. We have all
the same physical experiences as when we are awake. No evidence might re-

quire us to suspect that we are, in fact, dreaming.
Dreaming is a powerful example demonstrating that the external
world for us is in fact a perception. In the same way that someone
dreaming has no doubt that his surroundings are re-

al, so it is very difficult to be convinced that the
reality of what we refer to as “the real world” is
only in our minds. Yet how we perceive the images
we call “real life” is exactly the same as how we ex-

perience dreams. Both images form in the
mind. We have no doubt as to the rea-

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