The Conceptual Librarian

The many universes interpretation of quantum mechanics allows us to formulate a new hypothesis about dreaming. It proposes that there are possibly an infinite number of parallel worlds existing alongside this one. Many of these universes are almost identical to ours, but others could be quite different. New universes are constantly being created. Every time an event takes place, our universe splits so that all probable outcomes occur, but in different universes.

With each split, whole entire universes are created and in each of these universes is a copy of ourselves, but they are not ordinary copies for they are actually us. Before the split I am one person and after the split I am still one person only in more than one universe.

The many universes theory makes it clear there can be no physical contact between the split universes, however, because our doppelgängers inhabit these other worlds, we have no need to attempt physical contact — we are in a sense already there!

When our minds are unlinked from this world in sleep, the way is open for us to experience the other universes through our doppelgängers. Our consciousness is the same as their consciousness and when in sleep we become unconscious of this world, a gateway opens for us to access all of our other selves.

Dreams are the result.

In dreams we share the consciousness of our doppelgängers, sensing and experiencing what our doppelgängers experience.

The number of parallel universes we visit in the course of a dream could be in the trillions. Like with splitting universes, there is no actual cataclysm or feeling of being ripped asunder when moving from one world to another. We may witness bizarre scene shifts, strange sensations, etc., but we have learnt to accept these as normal elements of the dream experience. If we visit 10,000 worlds per earth second, it’s doubtful we’d perceive the thoughts or sensations of our doppelgängers. Our stay in any one world would probably not be long enough for us to contextualise events in the same way as our doppelgängers. In fact a dream is most likely a composite of many worlds — bits and pieces taken from hundreds or millions of universes to make up an intelligible whole. This means that utterly bizarre images and sensations are possible, even though these things don't actually occur in other universes in a physical sense.

Our consciousness has no physical manifestation — meaning it basically consists of nothing. As a result we have the ability to circulate freely around the parallel worlds that make up the multiverse, without defying the laws of physics.

Because dreams are a construct of millions of worlds, there isn't a single definable gravitational field. Our physical position in a dream is not dependent on what we call gravity. We can travel in any direction — up for example, without ever falling down or having to touch the ground. We can even pass through what on earth would be called ‘solid matter.’

Dreams aren’t recorded in the brain at the moment that we experience them, for unlike events in our daily lives here on earth, dreams aren’t happening in this world, which is the world where our brain and our stored memories exist. Dreams happen on a plain beyond our physical brain’s involvement or participation, so we must write the dream down immediately after waking, to give ourselves a material record that will greatly assist us in recalling the dream in the future.

The wonderful thing is, dreams tend to give us what we want.