What did John Lennon mean by saying "Nothing is real"?

Question: What did John Lennon mean by saying "Nothing is real"!?
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OH! How interesting!. I never heard of that!.
Good old John Lennon!
He was clearly an open mind, and I imagine very intelligent and receptive!.
I believe he involved himself in Oriental schools of thought and ideas on Spirituality!.
By " nothing is real" he meant just that!.
There are many schools of thought, it seems, that believe just that, !.!.!.that nothing is really real!.
It makes the mind boggle!
It′s the only explanation I can find for Eternity and Timelessness!.
I believe that now even Modern Science is finding itself confronted with these questions!. !?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

When you consider the transitional place that Lennon was in at that point in his life you may be able to appreciate his questioning and existential crisis!.

>>>Lennon began writing the song in late 1966, while in Almería, Spain filming Richard Lester's How I Won the War!.[5] Lennon's "Strawberry Fields Forever" and McCartney's "Penny Lane" shared the theme of nostalgia for their childhood in Liverpool!. While both referred to actual locations there, they also had strong surrealistic and psychedelic overtones!.
The period of its composition was one of momentous change and dislocation for Lennon!. The Beatles had just retired from touring after one of the most difficult periods of their career, including the infamous "more popular than Jesus" controversy and their disastrous tour of the Philippines!. Lennon's marriage was failing, and the psychological wounds of his childhood were causing him renewed pain!. He was also using increasing quantities of drugs, especially the powerful hallucinogen LSD!. Although there are no obvious references to drugs, the song's style, tone, and oblique stream of consciousness lyrics are often thought to have been influenced by his LSD experiences!.

Lennon said about the song in 1980:

"I was different all my life!. The second verse goes, 'No one I think is in my tree!.' Well, I was too shy and self-doubting!. Nobody seems to be as hip as me is what I was saying!. Therefore, I must be crazy or a genius-- 'I mean it must be high or low,Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's about the 'false' sense of reality that the ego perceives!.
Truely everything flows into the One consciousness!.!.!.!.!. Take enough ego-obliterating psychedelics and experience for yourself
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In Strawberry Fields Forever, the strawberry fields represent poppy patches!.
They have a strong narcotic oil in them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It was a song about tripping!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Did he really say this before, he had also said Beatles is greater than Jesus, so so take what he said seriously, Bless youWww@QuestionHome@Com

There is nothing and it is real!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Maybe he was someone like Neo in Matrix,maybe we really live in illusion!.Www@QuestionHome@Com