Quote Originally Posted by Ctharlhie View Post
So the aim is not really to 'convince yourself you're dreaming when you really know you're not' (a strawman, I know) but to realise that, on a phenomenological (that is, as they appear to us) level, the waking world and dreams are of the same nature.
In other words and as I understand this...

All experience is based on subjective perception, and it all happens between our ears. In that sense what we perceive is real because we make it real in our mind. That process is no different whether awake or dreaming except for many of the inputs...