Since before we had consciousness, we have had dreams. Through the ages everyone, from mystics to scientists, have been fascinated by this phenomenon, and over time many theories have been developed to explain them.

Some recent theories have suggested new scientific ideas about what dreams really are, and these are not so far from the ideas of Boabom and the book Bamso: The Art of Dreams, ideas that have their roots in old practices. These ideas explore the link between our waking and dream lives, how they are intertwined, and are, from one side, inseparable.

From the New York Times:
“I argue that dreaming is not a parallel state but that it is consciousness itself, in the absence of input from the senses,” said Dr. Llinás, who makes the case in the book “I of the Vortex: From Neurons to Self” (M.I.T., 2001). Once people are awake, he argued, their brain essentially revises its dream images to match what it sees, hears and feels — the dreams are “corrected” by the senses.”

And from Bamso, the Art of Dreams (Tarcher/Penguin 2010)
“The time after dreams
being the dream of time…”