[alpineboarder]

I'm always glad to meet someone with many questions, it helps everyone grow, including myself

Ofcourse I can't say for certain if they have one, but it seems pretty clear that they do. Atleast that's what we've been taught...Some people have asked me to prove that people have consciousness. I don't think I could ever do that, unless ofcourse I experienced it first hand.

Bingo. None of us can, you can only prove your own consciousness to you and only you. But now lets say you were able to consciously jump out of your body and into the experience of another person, and then back again. Would it prove to you that other person actually had a consciousness, or would it just prove that you can move your own?

But you for example are pretty solid proof that people have consciousness. You're a thinking, feeling person who has responded to my post. I may not be able to prove that you are conscious, but you can, because you are having the experience of your consciousness.

Sure I can prove my consciousness, just like you can. But to who? Just to ourselves. There is only one dream. You could become me and live my entire life and have all my experiences while remembering you were once yourself, but that's still part of the same dream, just with different rules you've created for yourself. You don't think it's possible that somehow in your soul's search for knowledge and answers you created some joe shmoe by the name of alpineboarder on Steve Pavlina's blog forums to converse with? And I in my desire to find out what it's like to spread knowledge created you to help me?

You have created a mirror so that my understanding of my own consciousness is the same as yours, and because I am a mirror I have to do the same thing you do, so I've also created one. Otherwise how could I teach you if didn't understand what it's like to have a consciousness? We would never grow. To expand ourselves and then enjoy our new found experiences, that is the only reason we live. We will always want to break our limits of thought, and if we look at life as a dream, where then are the limits? We're going to have to go there in order to find the next set of limits to overcome. It sounds repetitive but it must be fun otherwise we would of stopped a long time ago

You said: "They are all real, that is certain, but only conscious from your perspective." .... what did you mean by that?

They are only as real as you are conscious of them. Their consciousness exists in the form of your perspective of them.

You also said: "then why not keep those feelings of positive emotion to manifest a change in the world around you?? It is yours after all."

But isn't the world all of ours?

Yes, it is. But who is "all of us" if that "all of us" is you

It might seem selfish from an ignorant perspective, but by dreaming others into existence, it enables them to have their own dreams and branch off into whatever they so desire, it is the illusion that their dream effects yours is what causes us suffering and the feeling of being controlled by outside forces. You don't have to enter other's dreams if you do not desire. But then again, are you really entering their dreams or are you just dreaming that you are. So one could say that as of right now, we are all sharing the same dream.

Now excuse me while I go take a tylenol, haha. :P

The whole bottom line we find is really to just enjoy your life, it's really always that simple when we look back on it, because when we do we will attract and create others that enjoy theirs just as much. Lovingly create whatever you wish to experience, know that it's coming from your heart, and know that you are the only person holding yourself back from anything. If the ultimate form of love is giving freedom to someone, then why not give it to yourself. As it's been said, no one is going to love if you don't first love yourself. I highly suggest reading some Esther Hicks books on manifesting intentions if you haven't already. Well anyway I hope that was of some help to ya