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I can’t recall any solution or idea that has popped into my head after I woke up from sleep. Of course I they could have come in my dreams yet I became conscious of them later on in the day. So I am a bit skeptical on this theory of yours. Not that I think it’s not possible think while dreaming, I just don’t think that thinking is the main function of dreaming.
On the other hand, my greatest ideas usually come after a period of detachment from the subject. So perhaps your moments of insight after dreaming happened because you were able to perceive the problem from a fresh perspective after a period of rest.
As for pondering the idea of the truth of our reality, I think it is useless. For even if the world around us is not what we perceive to be its still very real.
“If one mistakes a rope for a snake, one is still seeing something that is real”
Even if we were to wake up into another reality, how would we know if that was the real reality or if that world was just a dream, within a dream, within a dream, and on and on.
Duckznutz,
I used to have allot of trouble going to sleep because I could not shut off my thoughts. My reasons for this problem was mostly psychological. I was feeling guilty that I was wasting my life away by not pursuing my dreams; had serious family problems; and was spending very little time in contemplation as most of my waking hours were taken up by brainless activities. I guess these things where catching up with me every night.
After I started trying to get my life back on track things got better. Then I started meditating and doing exercises before I went to bed. Now I fall asleep almost as soon as my head touches the pillow.
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