How do we know we’re not living in a Matrix-type reality? If,
for example, in the Matrix, a person sees something unusual, such
as a flying man, he would know that the matrix isn’t real. That,
when compared to our dream state, is exactly what is happening to
us. When we dream, we do not know we’re dreaming because everything
and everyone seems SO real. But, what if, something we see in our
dream, like a car with wings, we would know instantly that we are
dreaming because that is not possible in current-day reality. A
glitch or error in the Matrix, like the flying man, will cause its
inhabitants to realize the truth. And so it is the same with lucid
dreaming. When we lucid dream, we realize we are dreaming because
clues in the dreamworld trigger a warning to us, telling us that
what we are seeing or hearing are not real. And lucid dreaming is
triggered when we see something abnormal or out-of-place in the
dream.
