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> [Dreams and waking life are both the same kinds of things. The difference is that dreaming is perceiving free of external constraints, whereas perceiving otherwise is dreaming true. Meaning what you dream about actually happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/dreams-and-waking-life-are-both-the-same-kinds-of-things-the/)

[Stephen LaBerge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-laberge/)

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## More by Stephen LaBerge

> [In most of our dreams, our inner eye of reflection is shut and we sleep within our sleep. The exception takes place when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/in-most-of-our-dreams-our-inner-eye-of-reflection-is-shut-and-we/)

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> [Dreams are a reservoir of knowledge and experience yet they are often overlooked as a vehicle for exploring reality. In the dream state our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/dreams-are-a-reservoir-of-knowledge-and-experience-yet-they-are-often/)

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> [From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/from-early-childhood-i-was-interested-in-understanding-how-the-world/)

[Stephen LaBerge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-laberge/)

> [Dreams look real, but they're in your mind, so you realize that the physical world is also a construction, which shows that the mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/dreams-look-real-but-they-re-in-your-mind-so-you-realize-that-the/)

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> [Be true to yourself and you will never fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/be-true-to-yourself-and-you-will-never-fail/)

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> [Obviously a major malfunction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/obviously-a-major-malfunction/)

[Stephen LaBerge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-laberge/)

> [You just don't get funding to go out and find God. Even if you did, you'd have to first define what you mean by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/you-just-don-t-get-funding-to-go-out-and-find-god-even-if-you-did-you/)

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> [Some people have vivid imagination, some not so vivid, but everybody has vivid dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/some-people-have-vivid-imagination-some-not-so-vivid-but-everybody/)

[Stephen LaBerge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-laberge/)

> [Not all lucid dreams are useful but they all have a sense of wonder about them. If you must sleep through a third of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/not-all-lucid-dreams-are-useful-but-they-all-have-a-sense-of-wonder/)

[Stephen LaBerge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-laberge/)

> [If you dream you do something, it's as if you actually are doing it from your brain's point of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/if-you-dream-you-do-something-it-s-as-if-you-actually-are-doing-it/)

[Stephen LaBerge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-laberge/)

> [We don't teach our children how to dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/we-don-t-teach-our-children-how-to-dream/)

[Stephen LaBerge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-laberge/)

> [Dreams and waking life are both the same kinds of things. The difference is that dreaming is perceiving free of external constraints, whereas perceiving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/dreams-and-waking-life-are-both-the-same-kinds-of-things-the/)

[Stephen LaBerge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-laberge/)

> [Your experience is a dream; so is my experience. This stuff about how the frontal cortex is repressed during dreaming, lucid dreaming presents an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/your-experience-is-a-dream-so-is-my-experience-this-stuff-about-how/)

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> [I have never been awake before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/i-have-never-been-awake-before/)

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> [In the dream state, the only essential difference from waking is the relative absence of sensory input, which makes dreaming a special case of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/in-the-dream-state-the-only-essential-difference-from-waking-is-the/)

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