You Might Be Visiting Alternate Realities When You Dream, According to a Metaphysical Scientist

Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? Do visions of sugarplums appear to dance before you when you sleep? These nocturnal apparitions might not be simple hallucinations projected by your subconscious, but rather fully-formed parallel realities that you are visiting, according to David Leong, a professor with Turks and Caicos’ Charisma University.

“Dreams may be windows into distinct realities governed by their laws, in which the mind, unfettered by the constraints of wakefulness, can explore and interact with new forms of existence,” according to Leong, who specializes in the fields of metaphysics and epistemology.

Leong’s hypothesis is based on the Many Worlds theory, the idea that every event or decision creates a new set of realities that branch off from the one before, forming what may be an infinite number of parallel universes. He believes that when we sleep the influence of our rationality and physical senses is diminished, allowing our consciousness to perceive other realities, enabling us to see things from the point of view of alternate versions of ourselves.

If the existence of objective reality is dependent on it being observed by someone, as effects like quantum indeterminacy would suggest, Leong says that this might allow us to experience not only local consciousness—our perception of the world through our physical senses—but also non-local consciousness, enabling us to see beyond the limits of those traditional senses, and possibly into other worlds that we would otherwise be oblivious to.

While many dreams will simply be internal projections generated by our own minds, Leong says that sojourns to parallel realities may be marked by dreams that recur. “Recurring dreams, especially those with vivid and consistent scenarios, might suggest deeper connections to other realities,” Leong says. Conversely, ones that are the subconscious simply replaying ordinary experiences from our waking life will feel disjointed, both in terms of the passage of time and their internal continuity.

Leong also points out that experiencing strong emotions while connecting with these other worlds might offer some insight into what is happening to your counterpart in that world.

“Say you have a repetitive dream of being stuck in high school,” Leong muses. “While it may reflect unresolved psychological themes, such as feelings of stagnation or anxiety about personal growth, it could also indicate that in another reality, you are still in high school, dealing with the same challenges your waking self has moved beyond.” This could also be a mechanism that, when faced with having to deal with a buried emotional or psychological problem, one’s subconscious might seek out a reality where the event is still being enacted, as a method of dealing with the unresolved issue.

The concept of being able to experience parallel worlds might also, if accepted by an individual, cause one to not only change how one approaches their dreaming life, but also to look at life overall in a different way.

“Every time you sleep, you wouldn’t just rest—you’d explore,” Leong elaborates. “You’d live out alternate versions of yourself, making choices that branch into countless realities,” not only allowing one’s experience to transcend time and space, but also parallel realities, and possibly even death, enabling someone to visit worlds where deceased loved ones are still alive.