The reality of reality

I was wondering how we can distinguish dreams from reality. Then I realized, that we can't.

Alice knows that wonderland is as real as the real world. Because both are dreams. How can you make out the difference between a dream and a dream within a dream, if you're dreaming the whole time?

People think that riches are real. But mayavi ghosts who have siddhis can produce unlimited riches out of air.

People think that linear time exists.


Ultimately, being in this thick blanket of ignorance, where knowledge is lost or forgotten easily, being fully enlightened and in perfect knowledge, is an unstable state. It comes and goes away quickly.