how could i b sure that i really 'exist' what if i'm a dream of somebody else ,say urs??????????????

Answer 1

Did you watch the Matrix one to many times.

Answer 2

Yes, you exist because you asked the question! Even if you are experiencing a dream or believe yourself to be in someone else's dream, you exist. Further, the only thing that there is, is consciousness expressing itself in myriad forms throughout the vastness of the universe(s). Animate, inanimate... all consists of the same 'stuff' which began with an idea, a thought in a superconscious mind. Our parallel is that all that we believe to exist and use on a daily basis began as a thought in the mind of 'man' which now expresses itself as 'reality'. The feeling of unreality and the disassociated thoughts that are being expressed points to the fact that on some level you are aware that you are an individualized expression of something greater than yourself. Not separate from it but choosing to express as( ? ) in this time and space called now.

Answer 3

Descartes is often regarded as the first modern thinker to provide a philosophical framework for the natural sciences as these began to develop. In his Meditations on First Philosophy he attempts to arrive at a fundamental set of principles that one can know as true without any doubt. To achieve this, he employs a method called methodological skepticism: he doubts any idea that can be doubted.

He gives the example of dreaming: in a dream, one's senses perceive stimuli that seem real, but do not actually exist. Thus, one cannot rely on the data of the senses as necessarily true. Or, perhaps an "evil demon" exists: a supremely powerful and cunning being who sets out to try to deceive Descartes from knowing the true nature of reality. Given these possibilities, what can one know for certain?

Initially, Descartes arrives at only a single principle: if I am being deceived, then surely "I" must exist. Most famously, this is known as cogito ergo sum, ("I think, therefore I am"). (These words do not appear in the Meditations, although he had written them in his earlier work Discourse on Method).

Note; Descartes also was sceptical of memory, as that has also been known to be manipulated, and can be doubted, so the 'cogito' argument can only apply to the present. The phrase is therefore more accurately (but less famously) translated as; "I am thinking, therefore I exist"

Therefore, Descartes concludes that he can be certain that he exists. But in what form? He perceives his body through the use of the senses; however, these have previously been proven unreliable. So Descartes concludes that the only undoubtable knowledge is that he is a thinking thing. Thinking is his essence as it is the only thing about him that cannot be doubted.

Answer 4

Life is a thing to which there are no answers, you must live in it from moment to moment. The answer inevitably conforms to the pattern of what we think we know.
It is possible that everything we know is complete crap and a philosophy such as yours is the true meaning behind life. You should totally get into quantum physics, you would probably love it!

Answer 5

If you are on the computer asking this question, you exist, you are not a dream

Answer 6

Somebody has been watching Matrix a bit too much

Answer 7

Hey, I've felt that way too. And I used to think I was the only freak around. Don't worry, you can never be sure, so you get to keep your little theory of life.

Answer 8

i used to ask the same question to myself before. how come that there is me or am i real... well every individual has 3 lives. if you died twice, that's the only time you'll prove to yourself that you existed. you have to die physically... then your soul has to die too... and your spirit will be the last one to witness it all. you must not let your spirit die. preserve it all cost. soul and spirit are diffrent. the spirit is the real you. life is an enigma.

Answer 9

i often feel the same way. i ask this question less as i grow older. but i understand that sometimes life just doesn't seem real. almost mondane and pointless.

did you ever see "The Truman Show" starring Jim Carey?
check it out. good movie.

Answer 10

if youre in one of my dreams, you are wearing a pink tutu and dancing on grizzly bear heads. If youre not doing that, youre ok.
If you are doing that, try not to get your toes bitten off. :-)