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Alternative Dreams
What becomes of us in the great beyond? What becomes of us if this life is but a simulated dream? Are our dreams merely the resting mind’s playground or the windows into alternate lives? What happens to a psyche when reality and its dreamscape blur? In Alternative Dreams, a journal reveals one person's struggle to distinguish between the waking world and the dreamscape's vivid, unsettling worlds.
Haunted by lifelike dreams and failed by traditional therapy, science, religion, and philosophy, the diarist turns to journaling as a last refuge. Here, the writer documents journeys through bizarre realities—worlds where humans are grown and harvested, love and war are commodified, justice is cruelly dispensed, and reality is all and nothing.
As the diarist navigates these alternate existences through dreams, this unnamed protagonist questions everything he or she knows about sanity, identity, and the nature of reality. "Have I truly gone mad, or have I uncovered a truth too terrifying for even me to accept?"
Alternative Dreams is a thought-provoking exploration of consciousness, blending elements of science fiction, psychological thriller, and existential philosophy. Dive into a narrative where the boundaries of reality are tested, and the answers lie deep within the labyrinth of your own mind.
Haunted by lifelike dreams and failed by traditional therapy, science, religion, and philosophy, the diarist turns to journaling as a last refuge. Here, the writer documents journeys through bizarre realities—worlds where humans are grown and harvested, love and war are commodified, justice is cruelly dispensed, and reality is all and nothing.
As the diarist navigates these alternate existences through dreams, this unnamed protagonist questions everything he or she knows about sanity, identity, and the nature of reality. "Have I truly gone mad, or have I uncovered a truth too terrifying for even me to accept?"
Alternative Dreams is a thought-provoking exploration of consciousness, blending elements of science fiction, psychological thriller, and existential philosophy. Dive into a narrative where the boundaries of reality are tested, and the answers lie deep within the labyrinth of your own mind.
287 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 28, 2025
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July 18, 2026
“I started this journal fearing I may have been going insane. I had been caught up in the messy tendrils of dreams and the quagmire of intellectualism. Now, after the last dream, I … “
This book is a fascinating journey which seeks to explore the major questions about our existence (Our purpose? Origins? Reality? Simulation? Nature of suffering? Agency and choice? Good and evil? etc.). For any reader who enjoyed ‘The Matrix’ ‘The Shack’ and/or ‘Inception’ or even if you are one to be intrigued by philosophy, religion and science then this book is a must-read for you. I recommend it!
This book is a fascinating journey which seeks to explore the major questions about our existence (Our purpose? Origins? Reality? Simulation? Nature of suffering? Agency and choice? Good and evil? etc.). For any reader who enjoyed ‘The Matrix’ ‘The Shack’ and/or ‘Inception’ or even if you are one to be intrigued by philosophy, religion and science then this book is a must-read for you. I recommend it!
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