ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Life is a Dream

Okay kiddo, have you ever had a really cool dream where you imagine things that aren't real? Like maybe you dreamed you were flying or you were in outer space? Well, some people believe that our whole entire life is like a really, really long dream.

They think that everything we see and experience may not actually be real, but just something that we're imagining in our minds. Kind of like the dreams we have at night when we're asleep.

Of course, this doesn't mean that you should just start doing whatever you want, just like you wouldn't do whatever you want in your dreams. We still have to behave in certain ways and follow rules in our "dream" of life, just like we do in the "dream" of our nighttime dreams.

So, while it's fun to think about, it's important to remember that we still have to take our life seriously and do all we can to make it a good one.