interesting discussion. i once had a dream when i was 12 years old that i still remember to this day. never had the dream again.
in it, i was a waffen S.S. soldier, somewhere in Russia. i knew that because i looked downwards to the camoflage pattern on my jacket and cuffs, and
i was carrying a rifle. orders were being barked in German and me and my comrades were running towards what looked like a Russian or Ukrainian peasant
village. some of houses on fire. lots of shooting going on, so it must have been in the middle of a battle.
we entered the first house, probably to clear out the Russian soldiers in there. so i entered the house, and in there was a Russian solder in front of
me. i shot him , but at the same time, he tossed a grenade. in smoke i didnt see it roll towards me until it was too late - bammm!!! ... that was it.
i was dead. end of dream.
very very weird. and i was only 12. and the dream was extremely lucid in nature. plus , i dont speak German. nor am i of German extraction. i'm a
British citizen of Irish extraction.
much later in life i started reading stuff about the "quantum brain" theory
en.wikipedia.org...
"The quantum mind theory is founded on the premise that quantum theory is necessary to fully understand the mind and brain, particularly concerning
an explanation of consciousness."
now that theory has no proof - its just an interesting idea at this stage. but *if* the brain really is interacting at a quantum level - then it is
hard wired into the fabric of the universe, beyond space and time. so, who knows? maybe some dreams that we have really are flashbacks from other
times and places. and indeed maybe the Shamens of ancient tribes really were onto something when they went into trances and went into the "spirit
world"...
[edit on 28-1-2007 by netron]