Row, row, row your boat.....
Anyways, Mysterygal, I think you're right about the whole public speaking thing and people being judged. When we speak in public we expose ourselves. We are no longer simply a face in the crowd, but we become revealed for who we are to others.
This mentality actually seems to be the reverse of the dream mentality. You say that a person's fear of public speaking is that he/she will be judged. In other words, you do not exist in the mind of the other person. When you speak in public, you actually enter the reality of the other person and they can form a perception of you. You were not real before in their mind, but now you enter their consciousness.
Thinking of your life as a dream is a bit egoist because you are essentially saying that your reality is the only true reality and consequently the only one that really matters. I prefer to think of life as a game, where each individual player interacts with the other players. The consequences of my actions have an impact on others and not just myself. The converse is true for the other players.
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