What Sends the Message?

The body doesn't know the difference between dream stress and real stress. It simply responds to information that is input. Upon waking from a nightmare, there is an increase in pulse, heartbeat, even perspiration. This can only be because the system can't tell the difference between a dream and reality. If the system can't tell the difference, what can? What sends the message that it was only a dream? Upon waking, the body receives a clear message that it was only a dream, and it takes a while for the level of stress to decline. It is like a bicycle rolling downhill. So long as the downhill slope remains, it gains momentum. The waking up moment is where the downhill slope changes to an uphill slope, or to level ground. The dream is no longer occurring, that which was the source of the stress is gone.

So the question remains. What sends the message, or how is the message sent that it was all a dream? The system that responds, and is still responding even after the eyes have opened has somehow gotten the message that it was a dream, that dreaming caused the stress. Seeing this, we find that something had the ability to trigger stress and something had the ability to send a message of well being. What is that? What sent the message that returned the system to the harmonious state it enjoyed prior? The system may not be discriminating, but something does discriminate between dreaming and reality. What is that which alone has this power?

If this discriminator can be discovered then it is possible to awaken from daydreams as well, even the most subtle and protected. It is possible to discern between what the seer knows and what the system experiences.