In the dream state, the only essential difference from waking is the relative absence of sensory input, which makes dreaming a special case of perception without sensory input.

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.

Be true to yourself and you will never fail.

The consciousness of lucid dreaming is a cultural evolution. It's something that we are talking about and learning about, not biological evolution.

Dream research is a wonderful field. All you do is sleep for a living.

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 'God.

Lucid dreaming lets you make use of the dream state that comes to you every night to have a stimulating reality.