...or are they merely the product of our sleeping minds so that it is thinking even when we aren't?
If dreams were our subconscious reality, it is therefore right for your partner to question you on your behavior in their or your dreams, no matter how strange that may seem. Because if dreams were created to make our subconscious thoughts real, then there must be a reason or a trigger for a specific dream to occur. The question, therefore, becomes 'are dreams metaphysical?' Can dreams transcend the physical world and create a reality where the subconscious of two or more individuals can collide? Because if dreams do have a trigger, and you cannot find this reason within yourself, within your world, then where else can it be other than outside you? And if this is true then the question becomes 'can your dream define your behavior in the physical world, or is it reasonable to say "it's just a dream, IT ISN'T REAL."?' If the scenarios created in our dreams are influenced by the physical world, then are the people we see in our dreams stem from the same hypothesis? That they also exist in the real world? Because if we have decided that the physical influences the metaphysical, and we have agreed that multiple subconscious influences each other, then we can explain who the strangers in our dreams are. The problem is, is it reasonable? Is this logic even possible? Is what I'm saying even logic? What defines what is logical and what isn't?
The most natural way of thinking, and by natural I mean we are only talking about the physical world, is that dreams are merely a product of our sleeping minds so that our brains continue to function even while we are unconscious. And yet, if so, where are these thoughts coming from? Is it also from a person's experienced world? Can this explain why we sometimes dream of things, people, and places we haven't even been to or have never even seen? What if these thoughts that seemingly come from nowhere are a product of multiple people's minds, and that sometimes our minds collide with each other and exchange information? Surely that can explain how we can dream things, people, and places that we've never been to and we've never seen. And yet if we admit that, then we end up in the same hypothesis as before. Can dreams transcend the physical into the metaphysical? Where is "the mind"? And who generates our thoughts if it's not us? Is this reasonable, is this logic possible, is this even logic, and what even defines logic?
Logic is defined by Merriam-Webster as a 'proper or reasonable way of thinking about something.' Meanwhile, Reason is defined as being 'able to think, understand, or form judgments by a logical process.' Is it logical to define a word by another word, and to define this other word by the first word? Is the definition of logic and reason comparable to A=B and B=A? But to be even sensible, are dreams affected by the process of logic? Can dreams be defined by our sense of reason? Is there even a reason we dream or is questioning its reason the whole point of dreaming?
A few hours ago, I dreamed of cheating on my significant other. The person I cheated with is a person from my past. We had sex, and I dreamed it beautiful. I dreamed it fantastic and I dreamed it memorable, except... except it never happened and I woke up to another dream. It was me realizing that I cheated on my dream. It was me deciding whether I should tell my SO, or not. It was me questioning why it even matters and it was me, arguing with myself INSIDE A DREAM that it does matter. That I do need to tell my partner about it because I love them and I trust them, and they must be able to trust me, too. And then I woke up to reality, and I was alone in my room. It would be a funny thing if I woke up realizing I have no significant other but in fact, I do. And I am currently continuing that argument inside my head on whether I should tell my SO, and whether I shouldn't.
It's a strange thing to ask but it is a valid question. Can our dreams reflect our subconscious thoughts? Can multiple subconscious transcend to the metaphysical and affect another person's dreams? And if so, which ones? Which part of my dream was mine? Which part of it was influenced by others? Or was it all me all along? And if so, am I guilty of cheating? Or am I not? Does the very thought of cheating count as me cheating on my significant other, or can we give merit to the fact that I, in fact, did not. . ?
Because I wouldn't. And I will never.