This is a surprisingly deep question. I chose "both" and here is why:
I believe in the possibility that there could be multiple universes that we can get a glimpse of with the power of our minds. Creative pursuits, especially the "creation" of "fictional" worlds, characters and stories, could be glimpses into another world.
Maybe we are all born with this kind of innate power, but only people who are sensitive to it, such as children, writers and artists, exercise their mind's eye enough to truly tap into it.
Dreaming is the great equalizer, because no matter how creative or uncreative you are in your waking life, everyone has bizarre dreams.
So basically, I think that everything could be real, someplace in the universe. Of course, there's no way to prove or disprove it, but I choose to believe in it because I love my daydream world and find my (sleeping) dreams very interesting, so of course I want them to be real.
(Well, most of them anyway. I've had my share of pretty disgusting dreams that I wish didn't exist in ANY universe... I should just be glad that they didn't happen in the universe I live in.)
What do you consider Reality?
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This is a surprisingly deep question. I chose "both" and here is why:
I believe in the possibility that there could be multiple universes that we can get a glimpse of with the power of our minds. Creative pursuits, especially the "creation" of "fictional" worlds, characters and stories, could be glimpses into another world.
Maybe we are all born with this kind of innate power, but only people who are sensitive to it, such as children, writers and artists, exercise their mind's eye enough to truly tap into it.
Dreaming is the great equalizer, because no matter how creative or uncreative you are in your waking life, everyone has bizarre dreams.
So basically, I think that everything could be real, someplace in the universe. Of course, there's no way to prove or disprove it, but I choose to believe in it because I love my daydream world and find my (sleeping) dreams very interesting, so of course I want them to be real.
(Well, most of them anyway. I've had my share of pretty disgusting dreams that I wish didn't exist in ANY universe... I should just be glad that they didn't happen in the universe I live in.)