Life is But a Dream
A journey into the space between Ego and Infinite presence that built this world
“You are the dreamer, you build this world. I am the subject, my mind populates it.”
That line from Inception stuck with me long after the movie ended. The whole idea — that we can share dream space and uncover hidden truths buried in the subconscious feels eerily close to something we already sense but don’t quite know how to explain.
It reminded me of that old nursery rhyme:
Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.
What if that little song wasn’t just something to hum, but an ancient whisper of truth? What if we are in a dream, not asleep, but dreaming this waking reality together?
There are theories, like simulation theory and even The Matrix, that echo this. But what if it’s simpler (and more intimate) than technology or control? What if you are the dreamer?
Imagine this: You build this world. Then, to experience it, you fragment into an individual — a “me,” an ego. That ego becomes the subject wandering the landscape you created, populating the universe with meaning, fear, and desire. The more control the ego takes, the more things seem to go sideways.
But the truth is, you’ve never stopped being the dreamer.
You are and always will be an eternal presence. You are consciousness itself.
Light doesn’t stop being light just because it shines on different things. Yet when we take a magnifying glass and focus it too tightly, that light burns. That’s what happens when the ego takes over: your life starts to feel small, pressured, consumed.
So how do you remember you’re the builder again?
Here are three ways to start designing your days like you’re dreaming them into being:
1. Start in Silence
When you wake up, before the world floods in, there’s a window, a few precious seconds between dreams.
In that quiet space, your subconscious is still soft, moldable, listening.
Take a deep breath. Feel your body. Be grateful you’re here again, ready to play another round in this great dream.
The laundry, the texts, the to-do list are all small things compared to the miracle of simply being aware that you exist.
You paused the dream overnight, and now you get to hit play.
2. Be Curious — Explore Your World
The ego loves to analyze and control, but the dreamer loves to explore.
Start asking new questions. Replace “why did that happen to me?” with “how is all of this unfolding in such beautiful synchronicity?”
Be astonished again.
Watch people with wonder, not judgment. Let your curiosity lead you back to aliveness.
3. Propagate What Feels Good
Think of the moments that feel like sunlight breaking through. Moments when you notice beauty, when you connect deeply, when you breathe freely.
Those are clues from the dreamer.
Bring them forward. Recreate them in new ways.
Let what feels good multiply, not because you’re chasing pleasure, but because your joy is how the dreamer remembers itself.
To take it even deeper, here are five questions you can ask today to expand beyond the edges of your ego’s box:
What if this moment is a message from my deeper self? What is it saying?
How would I move through this day if I remembered I was dreaming it?
What am I creating through my attention right now?
What would happen if I stopped trying to control and started to witness?
What would life feel like if I trusted it completely?
When you live as the dreamer instead of the dream, you remember that everything is creation.
And from that place, life stops being something to survive and becomes something to explore, design, and delight in.
After all, life is but a dream.
How awake do you want to be in it?
With Love, Lisa-