Your first taste of 'Virtual Reality' didn't start with fancy and high-tech VR goggles. It started way back in your childhood where there was no need for some high-tech gadgetry and technology to experience another reality. All that you needed was comfy, good old night's sleep. And we're sure that you already know what we're referring to: your dreams!

Your dreams were the 'Virtual Reality' of your childhood as they brought you to a very realistic world, where you can do and experience amazing things that would be impossible to see in the real world. It looked and felt so real that sometimes, you wondered if what you've experienced was real or just a product of your dreams. This confusion isn't isolated to children alone. Regardless of their age, most people also experience this confusion because of their dreams' realistic and immersive appearance.

This dilemma shouldn't remain a forever problem. You can take a look at major signs to identify if what you're experiencing is real or just a dream. In this blog, we will guide you on how to bypass your dreams' believable experiences with these four essential elements:

Inner Awareness

As you all know, dreams can be very realistic, that almost anyone can mistakenly take them as a real-life experience. But fortunately, you have a hidden voice within yourself called 'Inner Awareness' that serves as your Guide, not only about the truths in this world but also about the Universe. Your Inner Awareness sends its important messages and truths in various ways, and one of them is making you feel that there's something that isn't right.

In fact, your astrology horoscope may have already advised you that you should listen to this 'Voice' or Inner Awareness during your dreams. And, indeed, it's not empty advice but a crucial reminder that you need to follow.

One other thing that makes this reminder even more critical is that your dream usually appears as a realistic and believable experience. That is why you should always listen to your Inner Awareness to avoid the risk of being so caught up and disillusioned with your dreams.

Action

One other thing that Inner Awareness gently points to you during your dreams is that there is something wrong with the actions within that experience. The actions in your dream clearly defy the laws of physics; that is why you're seeing unusual and even amazing things happening before your eyes.

You might find yourself interacting with talking trees, floating above the ground, going through the walls, or even carrying insanely heavy objects. These things can be so immersive that even with their strangeness, you can't help but think that you've experienced these things in real life.

One more important thing to note here is that being confused if what you've experienced was real or not pulls you away from your dreams' real intention, which is to give you important messages. The risk here is that instead of uncovering these messages, you'll be focused on whether what you've experienced was real or not.

Form

Another sign which can tell you if what you're experiencing is a dream is that the forms of your environment, such as the people or animals you're interacting with, and even yourself, take an unusual form.

There can be countless ways how these unusual forms appear in dreams. What makes them the same is that they are different from what you see in reality. The forms they take would be impossible to see in reality. Thus, whenever you see these unusual forms, it's a clear giveaway that you're currently experiencing a dream.

Finding this specific sign is undoubtedly helpful when you're dreaming about scary things. The things that you're seeing are scary and feel so real, but the question is, can the form they take also be seen in reality? That is why there is a severe danger of being so caught up in a dream. One would surely overlook this sign and would continue to believe that what they're experiencing is valid.

Context

Again, just like in actions and forms, the context of a dream would clearly appear unusual. We should clarify here that the extraordinary things and context that appear in your dream symbolize essential truths about you.

You might relate these truths to your personality, strengths and weaknesses, significant opportunities in your life, or the following actions you should take. (And you may want to use or consult an astrology birth chart to understand these things further)

And while these things symbolize the truths, you should never forget that the forms and context they take are the ones that aren't real. In one of your dreams, you may find yourself in a different era, a place where you've spent your childhood, an empty house, or a barren place. These experiences would be so realistic and immersive, but their context is clearly detached from reality.

Being confused with these things would surely defeat the purpose of your dreams, which is to send necessary wisdom and messages for you.

Conclusion

Even if dreams can be confusing, they are not necessarily bad. These dreams are the Universe's way of showing you the things that you need to realize. The only concerning thing about this is that if you take these dreams as real-life experiences. This mistake would surely make undesirable impacts on your life.

If you find yourself confused with the realness of what you're experiencing, you should immediately see the signs that we've mentioned above to get back to your senses as early as possible. You need to focus on not the appearance of your dream or whether it happened or not, but the important messages it is trying to show you.