"So the sleep existence, it seems, is only the extreme case of a purely contemplative experience, which can be established by the waking person if he (she) focuses on his (her) inner experience....In sleep, no longer exposed to the noise of culture, we become awake to what we really feel and think. The genuine self can talk: it is often more intelligent and more decent than the pseudo self which seems to be 'we' when we are awake."

Erich Fromm, from "The Nature of Dreams"

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