Activity Quote by David Eagleman

“The deep secret of the brain is that not only the spinal cord but the entire central nervous system works this way: internally generated…

— David Eagleman

Asleep vision (dreaming) is perception that is not tied down to anything in the real world; waking perception is something like dreaming with a…

— David Eagleman

Insomniacs will be familiar with that disastrous moment as you lie there in the dark, with your eyes shut, when you think, 'What does…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

When we're awake, we see what we need to see. When we're asleep, we see what is really there.

— Jodi Picoult

It is surely important that the differences between coma, deep sleep, being under anesthesia, on the one hand, and being alert on the other,…

— Patricia Churchland

The nervous system functions in a fourth, unique way, as different as dreaming is from sleeping as sleeping is from waking. When you transcend,…

— David Lynch

Becoming "awake" involves seeing our confusion more clearly.

— Chogyam Trungpa

In the dream state, the only essential difference from waking is the relative absence of sensory input, which makes dreaming a special case of…

— Stephen LaBerge

Humans are potentially capable of living in a state of consciousness compared to which normal wakefulness is like sleeping or dreaming.

— Eckhart Tolle

There is only one essential difference between consciousness and dreaming, and that is sensory input. Your experience is a dream, so is my experience.…

— Stephen LaBerge

In this state of inner connectedness, you are much more alert, more awake than in the mind-identified state. You are fully present. It also…

— Eckhart Tolle

What is being awake if not interpreting our dreams, or dreaming if not interpreting our wake?

— Jonathan Safran Foer