Sublime

Both states of consciousness perceive the world, or our mental simulation of what we believe to be the world, as having less physical stability and greater responsiveness to our mental expectations and beliefs.

The Master of Lucid Dreams.

if you were conducting an experiment in dream telepathy, one person could secretly choose an image and focus on it while another person tries to dream of what it is.

In the wisdom tradition of Tibetan dream yoga, among others, lamas say the dream state is just as real—or unreal—as the waking state.

A thorough presentation of consciousness levels, their scientific basis, and practical applications is found in Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior (Hawkins, [1995], 2012).

“When one realizes one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.” — P. D. Ouspensky

In a very real sense, our consciousness during dreams enfolds the virtual world that surrounds us; the world becomes a part of our consciousness.

When Richard Davidson measured Tibetan monks doing compassion meditation, he measured gamma activity—“the high-frequency brain waves that underlie higher mental activity such as consciousness”—greater than ever recorded in scientific literature.