Have you noticed how the question “Is reality even real?” is no longer confined to philosophy seminars? Lately it shows up everywhere, from tech culture to everyday conversation, and the language has shifted. Surreal. Glitchy. Dreamlike.

In this episode, we explore why this question is exploding right now, without trying to prove a final answer. We trace the modern simulation argument, why AI and digital life have destabilized our sense of authenticity, and how social media can create competing “reality tunnels” that make the world feel less fixed and more contextual.

Then we compare two dominant frameworks people reach for today:
 Path A: the simulation, the tech-coded view of reality
 Path B: the dream, the consciousness-based view found in ancient traditions

What’s surprising is how similar these frameworks become once you zoom in. Both describe a world that feels completely real from the inside, shaped by observation, attention, and expectation. From there, we bring it home to the practical takeaway that matters most: lucidity. Not escaping reality, but increasing your agency inside it by interrupting autopilot, noticing patterns, and choosing with more awareness.

We also include a grounded caution. Waking up too fast can lead to nihilism, ego inflation, or escapism. The goal is presence, humility, and better participation, not withdrawal.

If you couldn’t prove what reality is, how would you choose to live anyway?

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Why do repeating numbers show up at the strangest possible moments?
You’re not looking for them. You’re not thinking about anything mystical. You’re rushing through life… and suddenly it’s 11:11.
Or 4:44.
Or 7:77 on a receipt.

It jolts you — not because the number is magical, but because you noticed.

In today’s episode, we explore repeating numbers from every angle:
 • the modern “angel number” interpretations
 • numerology and symbolic patterns
 • psychological explanations like confirmation bias and pattern-recognition
 • statistics (and why we tend to remember the hits, not the misses)

…then we step inside the Aislingverse.

What would the Metaphysician say?
How do the 4th, 5th, and 6th dimensions influence the moment you notice a repeating pattern?
Why are there infinite timelines where you didn’t look at the clock at 11:11 — and what does it mean that you’re in the one where you did?

And from the Oracle’s ancestral perspective, we explore how numbers appear in cycles and relationships — not as prophecies, but as reflections. She reminds us that repeating numbers can act as dream signs: moments that interrupt the “sleepwalking” of daily life and snap you back into lucidity.

By the end, you may never look at 11:11 the same way again.

What metaphysical or lucid dreaming topics do you want us to explore next? Drop them in the comments — we’d love to hear your ideas.

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SPOILER ALERT! Some spoilers from book #1 and #2 are in this episode. Recommended to read first if you'd like a spoiler free read through.

This episode takes you behind the scenes of the new Kickstarter video for The Dreams of Phillip Aisling. If you have ever created something and put it out into the world only to have strangers call it lazy, this conversation is for you.

We explore what it really takes to direct a fully coherent, emotionally meaningful sequence of twenty-four scenes using modern AI video tools. Spoiler: it is far from easy. Most people never see the weeks of human intention, iteration, editing, story alignment, and creative problem solving behind a project like this.

Parents, teachers, and librarians will especially appreciate this deep dive. We talk about how the video connects to Phillip’s journey in Book 1, why each scene was chosen, and how these tools give independent creators a way to finally show the worlds they have been building for years. You will also hear how this process aligns with the core philosophy of the Aisling series: awareness, intention, and the ability to shape your own reality.

The Kickstarter for Book 2 is already fully funded, and there are only two days left to get early bird rewards and free U.S. shipping. Your pre-order directly supports a story written by a human, shaped by almost two decades of imagination, and brought to life with care.

Kickstarter link:
 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bbosse/the-dreams-of-phillip-aisling-book-2-the-lucid-multiverse?ref=c6y1a3

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 In today’s episode, we explore one of the most common questions parents, teachers, and librarians ask about the Phillip Aisling series: Is the vocabulary too advanced for young readers, or does it actually help them grow?

You’ll hear the honest story behind the author’s own self-doubt while writing the series, how advanced vocabulary shows up naturally in fantasy favorites like Percy Jackson, Keeper of the Lost Cities, and Harry Potter, and why research shows that middle-grade readers often choose books that challenge them in the best way.

We also talk about how kids infer meaning through context, how Phillip Aisling's journey mirrors the process of “growing into bigger ideas,” and why the series intentionally trusts readers to rise to the story rather than lowering the language to meet them.

If you’re a parent, educator, or librarian looking for stories that expand imagination while remaining emotionally accessible, this conversation is for you.

And if you’re new to the series or curious about Book 2, the Kickstarter is live now. Your support helps bring a nineteen-year creative project to life, with early-bird rewards and free U.S. shipping:

👉 Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bbosse/the-dreams-of-phillip-aisling-book-2-the-lucid-multiverse?ref=c6y1a3

Thank you for helping nurture young readers and the stories that inspire them.

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What happens when your dream stops being a quiet idea and suddenly becomes real? In this episode, we talk about the strange moment when a creative project crosses the halfway mark and the whole energy shifts. The Dreams of Phillip Aisling Book 2 Kickstarter just jumped from 35 percent to 51 percent funded with 16 days to go, and that shift brought up new feelings, new questions, and a new kind of responsibility.

We talk about why momentum can feel both exciting and unsettling. Why support from friends and family means so much right now. And why a new wave of readers is discovering the project and asking where to start with Book 1.

We explore how resistance shows up at the exact moment things begin to accelerate. Not as a villain. More like an old gravity that rises when creativity steps into the light. We reflect on Phillip Aisling's journey and how every conscious choice creates a branching timeline, both in the dream world and in the creative world.

If you want to start the series from the beginning, you can grab a discount on Book 1 by joining the newsletter, or borrow it for free through library apps like Libby, Hoopla, or BorrowBox.

And if you want to support the Kickstarter for Book 2, early bird backers get free U.S. shipping and a copy for only seventeen dollars. The link is in the description or you can search for Phillip with two Ls on Kickstarter.

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At long last! The Dreams of Phillip Aisling: Book 2 – The Lucid Multiverse Kickstarter has arrived!

This week, we’re announcing the official Kickstarter launch of the long-awaited sequel—now live at:
👉 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bbosse/the-dreams-of-phillip-aisling-book-2-the-lucid-multiverse?ref=c6y1a3

In this episode, the Lucid Journeys hosts explore what makes the Aislingverse so unique: over a decade of world-building, a lucid-dreaming magic system built within a 12-dimensional cosmology, and characters who remind us that imagination still matters. They discuss how this project bridges art, science, and storytelling, and why it’s far more than another quick AI-generated ebook. The story, world, and ideas are human-made, years in the making, and now ready to be shared.

Listeners can back the campaign to claim $17 early-bird paperbacks (free U.S. shipping), collectible art prints, stickers, or a signed hardcover edition once the stretch goal unlocks.

Stay lucid, share the dream, and help bring this universe to life.

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Before we launch into the next chapter, we’re taking a short pause to say thank you.
 This special interlude recaps what Lucid Journeys is all about, how Phillip Aisling’s story began, and what’s coming next with Book 2: Dreams of Phillip Aisling and the Lucid Multiverse.

We’ll talk about the second edition of Book 1 – Dreams of Phillip Aisling and the Numinous Nagwaagan, now being finalized, and where to grab the current edition before it’s gone:
📘 eBook $7.99 on Amazon
📗 Paperback $24
🎧 Audiobook under $14 or free with Audible

Stay tuned for the Kickstarter launch, sign up at phillipaisling.com, and thank you for journeying with us so far. The dream continues soon.

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Series Finale: Waking Up in a Dream—What the World Is Starting to Remember

What if your brain isn’t producing consciousness…but translating it? In our series finale, we unpack the “consciousness-first” model using Phillip Aisling’s Book 1 canon (Ch. 13’s cube model; Ch. 30’s “It feels real because it is real”) and show how attention, intention, and choice act like a tuning dial—collapsing potential into the reality you experience.

We connect Phillip’s training with modern thinkers who argue that matter is downstream of mind, then bring it home: dreams aren’t “less real,” they’re perceptions of other layers in a living multiverse. Your attention isn’t passive—it’s creative.

In this episode:

• The receiver/filter model of the brain (and why damage changes reception, not the signal)
• The cube model and the fifth dimension of choice (Book 1, Ch. 13)
• “It feels real because it is real” (Book 1, Ch. 30)
• Free will as focused attention—how intention shapes your next timeline
• Practical takeaways: journaling synchronicities, tracking hyper-real dreams, reclaiming your tuning dial

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This episode is part of the 10 episode series Waking Up in a Dream: What the World Is Starting to Remember

Two worlds are unfolding side by side. One is collapsing into fear, control, division, and fragmentation. The other is quietly rising on resonance, coherence, and wholeness. Right now, we are living in the in-between.

In this episode, we dive into:

• Why reality feels distorted, surreal, and “cartoonish” right now — and why distortion spikes before collapse.
• How Phillip Aisling’s lucid journey in Book 2: The Lucid Multiverse mirrors our collective choice point.
• The glowing cube model of dimensions and the “fifth dimension of choice” that determines which timeline we experience.
• The Hopi Prophecy of Two Paths, and why it feels like it’s coming alive in real time.
• What happens if we stay asleep — systems failing, free will eroding, collapse by default.
• What happens if we wake up — coherence, conscious choice, and renewal.

⚡ Quote that sets the tone (credit to @kristen1942 on TikTok):
“Two worlds are running in parallel. One is dying, built on control, fear, and fragmentation. The other is rising on resonance, coherence, and wholeness. We are living in the transition space in between them.”

🎯 Takeaway: Splitting timelines isn’t just a sci-fi metaphor. It’s the choice point we’re living through. Stay asleep, and collapse drags us down. Wake up, and we step onto the path of harmony, coherence, and renewal. Hold the frequency of the reality you wish to move into.

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Ever had a dream that felt more real than waking life—colors brighter, sensations sharper, emotions that won’t fade? In this episode of Lucid Journeys, we explore why certain dreams hit with undeniable realism, and how Book 1 of Phillip Aisling reframes them as glimpses into adjacent layers of reality.

We follow Phillip’s early “too-real-to-ignore” dream and the Metaphysician’s insight: “It feels real because it is real.” We connect this to higher-dimensional perception (no Marvel clone-worlds here) and the idea that dreams sometimes tune us into energetic potentiality—like changing the radio station to hear a broader signal of the real.

Spoiler alert: discussion includes reveals from Book 1.
Note: This is AI-assisted storytelling based on a fiction novel—shared for entertainment and exploration of mind-expanding concepts. Not intended to be taken as absolute fact.

If this episode resonates, follow/subscribe, rate, and share with a friend who’s had a hyper-real dream. It genuinely helps us grow this tiny-but-mighty community and keeps these deep dives coming. 🙏

Coming soon: our Kickstarter—watch for early-bird rewards and exclusive bonuses!

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