Dying in Dreams

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Firstly, I’m not suicidal. Don’t worry, it’s just a random thought that I’ve been wondering – Do we die in dreams? No, its not those 3rd person scenes where you see yourself dead in a coffin but  one where you are in your own shoes, experiencing movement, emotions and then death.

Random, I know. But this question was sparked based on my own dreams and my friend’s latest nightmare on being hunted by gangsters. I’ve had similar types of dreams and the one thing in common in all those dreams is that I never die. Whether its being hunted by a killer or an axe wielding monster trying to slice me into luncheon meat, I’d wake up just as the axe is about to land on me.

Remember those dreams where your feet accidentally falls into a hole or something, you actually feel that in real life. If these dreams can feel so real and have seemingly a connection with our physical body. I wonder what happens when we die in our dreams. What could the repercussions be to our physical self? Why do we always wake up just about when that moment is about to strike?

I’m beginning to think that our lives may not be so different from such dreams after all. Seeing how we’re not of the dream world yet while dreaming are made to believe otherwise, would it be similar for our current existence as the Bible says that we are not of this world either. Could it be that when a believer faces death, he/she just simply wakes up in heaven?

Well these are merely my thoughts on the subject, but it would be pretty cool to be able to see life as a dream. In a dream I have always wished I could bring in extra ammunition or support to fight off that axe wielding monster the next time I face him, and the good news is that in this life we do have that extra ammunition and support to fight off our giants – Jesus.

If life is like a dream, I want it to be a sweet one. And until the day I wake up from it, I know i’ll always be kept from harm because in this dream I have a saviour.

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