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My dreams are rarely realistic.

Sometimes they're from my point of view... Other times are like I'm watching a movie...

I often wonder if my dreams are just imaginings or if I'm temporarily on another plane.

I've heard various terms in my dreams that I hadn't heard before and I look them up to find out that they actually are real words that make a lot of sense in the context of the dreams.

For instance, I once had a very vivid dream where I was was at my high school. In a study hall, I got paranoid and started to feel ill. I was sent to the nurse, but on my way, I saw a door that had never been there, before. Curiosity drew me to it and I stepped inside to find it was a large elevator. It went down, deep below the building and opened up to a large room resembling a storm sewer. A large worm-like creature tried to kill me there and I ended up killing it instead. Then someone came up to me and told me that I had killed a "baku". When I woke up, I looked it up to find out that it's a Japanese term for a "dream-eater".

So, did I actually kill a dream-eater?

Is it more like projecting into an astral realm? Is this realm separate or connected to ours?

Are those we meet in our dreams spirits or spiritual beings?

Can our dreams connect with other people's dreams?

Really, just share any of your thoughts on dreams, please.

Other opinions and points of view could be very enlightening.