But wouldn't any experience you could possibly have in the future(dream or
otherwise) have to be new,i.e. outside your experience? I've always been
under the impression that it's quite rare(never maybe) that the exact same
set of circumstances occur in this universe. So wouldn't all aspects of your
dreams be outside your range of experiences?
How do we classify experiences?
I personally have always envisioned it like a fractal basin, that being since
we never see the same thing twice(since everything is always changing), when
a certain set of qualities converge, we associate a damn...whadyacallit,
isomorphism. (is that right? my server bit the dust for a good chunk of
that discussion). So anywayz, it would be like...cylinder w/ one
end missing,three inches tall, clear, loop along one side...falls into the
basin of cup. make it 12 in. tall, and it falls into the basin of vase.
but, you'll never see the same item twice(even the same item's molecular
arrangement constantly shifts w/ time.)
So, to rephrase the question...have you ever experienced something in a dream
state that falls outside of your means of classification?
Robert