how can i know? well, first things first, what is real and what is unreal?
real: having verified existence
there's the definition i find for real. so 'real' is a label you apply to something if you can verify its existence. you say 'real' if the property of 'existence' applies to an object in this big puzzle. is my skin real? first answer that comes to mind, yes. i can see it, feel it, touch it...sense it. so now we're saying that the existence of any one thing is contingent upon my sensory experience of it. next most obvious question under that pretense...is god real? well, i have no sensory experience of god...or what most people define as god... what do i define as god? an apple, a pear, some compost out in the yard, what does it matter to me? either god shares the same name as something i have had sensory experience of or he doesn't exist...or i've not experienced him yet. either way, does it matter? i could try seeking him/it out, but why? what's the point? does someone say that he'll bring me eternal happiness and peace, love and the answer to all things? what if i don't care about those things? well...maybe the answer to all things would be nice... but even then, how am i gonna know for sure if someone else is telling me...even if it's god? he still isn't me...or wait a minute... maybe i am god. huh...never thought of that.
if i'm god--who is, we've already established, not within the boundaries of definition--then i am everything and anything, which makes absolute and perfect sense! god is the only thing that seems to be without definition or verified existence (so far)...and lack of verified existence indicates irrelevance...except for maybe some observational fundamental questioning... this is all very interesting.
so, back to the original question: is the dream real or unreal? the dream being...my life as i know it? i can't say for certain...
it's funny; i wrote a paper in high school for my creative writing class about this huge quest-truth that i was going to go on. it was totally off-topic for the assignment, but the teacher liked it, writing, 'good luck in your quest for truth,' on my paper. i had no idea back then that this is what it would really be like.
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