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A couple nights ago, i had the weirdest dream of my life. It was weird, and for a while, i freaked out about going to sleep again, lest i get pulled into it another time.

 

So there i was, lying down on my bed at 2 am and watching a sitcom on my laptop when i fell asleep. I woke up to find the exact same setting - room, laptop, bed, desk, wall color etc. except that the laptop screen didn't have the sitcom, it was showing the face of a man, a man whom i've never seen in my life. I tried to take this in, but it lasted less than five seconds and i blacked out again.

 

When i woke up, i was still in the room. But this time, some features were different or missing. The view outside my window was different and there was nothing else in the room apart from my bed and my desk. At first it looked like a usual daytime outside my window. However, the strangest thing - whatever i see faded slowly into darkness, until eventually, everything was so dark i couldn't see anything in front of me. No other sounds coming from anywhere, just dead silence. Then i blacked out and when i woke up, same thing happened. Everything faded slowly into darkness as i kept my eyes open.

 

I realized then that i was dreaming but i didn't know how to wake myself up. I closed my eyes hoping i'd wake up for real, but nothing happened. I started to panic. Before i could do anything else, i passed out again and woke up in the same setting - darkness creeping in wherever i looked. This happened a couple of times. 

 

Then on one particular cycle, i woke up in the room. There was this man in the room, the same man that i had seen earlier on my computer screen. I recall having a conversation with him. He told me how i needed to confront my fear. The next thing i remember, we were in a large open field and he was giving some sort of motivation and training while i moved and sorted some extremely large objects telekinetic-ally. When i was done, i passed out again. This time, i had finally waken up. 

 

The time on the clock was 3:45 am. I had only slept an hour and 45 minutes and yet the whole thing felt like a week at least.

 

At first i was still in a state of shock, but later i realized that i had just experience a dream within a dream. A false awakening. But even now, the thought of being stuck in that dream loop forever, waking up to the same thing for eternity, gives me the chills.

 

But aside from that, it felt kinda nice to have experienced false awakening. Not many people experience it from what i've heard.

 

What do you think?

*Warning: Geek content*

I've always wondered about the existence of multiple dimensions. Recently i've seen "Justice League: Crisis on two Earths" which got me thinking again. Here's an interesting theory, quoted in the movie:

"Welcome to Earth Prime.

Before there was thought, there was this place - one Earth. With a single history.

But with the coming of man, came the illusion of free will. And with that free will, came chaos.

With every choice we make, we literally create a world.

History branches itself in two - creating one Earth where we made the choice and a second, where we didn't.

That's the secret of the universe, you know. Billions of people, making billions of choices, creating infinite Earths.

Some so similar to each other, you could spend a lifetime searching any distinction. Others so radically different, they defy comprehension.

And all of the branches originate here - Earth Prime.

The source of all this cataclysm - MAN." 

Certainly seems plausible doesn't it?

Comments welcome..

PS: Another interesting blog, on the Anthropic principle - http://beust.com/weblog/2010/08/17/fun-with-the-anthropic-principle/

EP needs a new interface. The chatbar needs modification. Everything is so cluttered. And for god's sake take off the ads. Some bright colors and themes instead of the usual blue and white.

Today was one of those rare occasions when nothing interesting happens and yet it feels really good for some reason. Maybe it was because i had PANCAKES in the morning. Then the usual, a few lectures at the university which are a good time to sleep. Played pool,watched a movie, browsed the internet, tried to do my project but at the moment it's going nowhere.

Now its 1:30 am and i'm at my computer waiting for someone to come online on facebook and ep to talk with. Oh, and people outside my circle, feel free to add me as a friend :).

Cheers^^

My first blog :).

I never actually thought i'd be sharing my story here, but it's been kinda tough lately. I joined ep with the sole intention of meeting new people and making friends who i can talk to once in a while. So far, it's been good, thanks to some very good people i've met, and regularly chat with. Virtual reality.

Coming to the real world, I have barely any friends to hang out with, or talk to. I have like 150 friends on facebook who actually know me. Someone once told me that a general rule of thumb is that the ratio of facebook friends to actual friends is two hundred to one (LOL). That makes sense, seeing that facebook friends includes total strangers. It feels like my current 'friends' and i live in two different worlds, and i dont really enjoy spending time with them. Sometimes a whole day goes by without me saying a word to anyone. I try to keep myself occupied with my hobbies, but recently it's become really difficult to concentrate on anything. It seems silly but i am a little worried about what may happen if this continues.

I am doing my best, socializing more, talking more, events and clubs and stuff. It sucks going out anywhere by myself. I hope this works. In the meantime, i would greatly appreciate some advice or any comments on the matter.