When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.

P.D. Ouspensky
When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one...
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When one realises that one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake. This quote relates to the idea of dreams and their power in our lives. The fact that we are asleep in the first place demonstrates the presence of dreaming. The idea here is that when we wake up, we still have the ability to influence reality through our dreams.

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