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This is the talk page for Altered State of Consciousness. Altered state of consciousness is any various states of awareness (being in a trance, dreaming sleep, or a drug state) that deviates from the usual clear demarcated from the waking consciousness. I will be working on the dreaming aspect of altered state of consciousness.

Dreams are a structural conception that leads to a formulation of the dream as one output of a precise memory systems, by emotional assessment, operating under programs that are specific to sleep (Breger, 1967, p. 2). A dream is defined as an illusion of the imagination in which figures are reproduced (Calkins, 1983, p. 323).Real thoughts, though are often denied and elements of dreams involve sense perception occur in dreams (Calkins, 1983, p. 325/334). Dreams consist of multimodal sensory qualities, visual imagery, and have realistic sensations. They are unique consolidation of internally subjective experiences and delusions (Noreika & Windt, 2011, p. 1100/1103). Dreams are experiences that occur during sleep that we often recall waking up. Dreams consist of sensations, impressions, and thoughts that are composed into narratives or experiences (Dennett, 1976, p. 151) where various kinds of consciousness are present (Bosinelli, 1995, p. 198). Dreams are composed and presented in fast intervals with full consciousness (Dennett, 1976, p. 158). The problem of consciousness, subjective, and cognitive, have often been discussed by neuroscientists, philosophers, and psychologists (Cicogna & Bosinelli, 2001, p. 26). Many research reflections and studies about consciousness have considered the possibility whether there are one more nervous structure for consciousness (p. 27). Primary consciousness is the direct experience of feelings, thoughts, and memories. It includes spontaneous images, memories, and thoughts (p. 27). Phenomenal awareness during sleep is also considered to be primary consciousness, where reflective consciousness is suppose to be ineffective and the dreamer is not aware that he or she is dreaming (p. 29). Dreaming is a significant connection for general ideas of consciousness. It shows that a complicated form of consciousness can input processes and behavioral functioning under changed conditions. Dreams show a pattern through conscious experience by brain activation rather than responsiveness and the external stimuli (delusions (Noreika & Windt, 2011, p. 1101) 	The second form of awareness is meta-awareness. This is defined as all forms of cognition on primary awareness (Cicogna & Bosinelli, 2001, p. 27) which is usually absent during sleep (p. 29). The functioning of consciousness as meta-awareness can explain the oddness of one's dream. The experience which is logically or factually impossible, but that in fact is connected with feeling towards highly irregular events or images (p. 29). This corresponds to the most leading level indicated as self-reflectiveness. This implies that the action of the dreamer consciously follows on the fact that he or she is dreaming (p. 28). This kind of experience is called lucid dreaming, which is current in our Dream Data Bank (p. 29) Lucid dreams not only knows that he or she is dreaming, but can also remember facts of his or her waking life and engage in dream control delusions (Noreika & Windt, 2011, p. 1103)

Dreams occur during a third state of existence, which is in the REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. This is a proven biological state of cyclic found in all humans and all mammals. The neural mechanisms involved are primitive, which suggest that the REM state is an important biological process. One of the functions of REM concerns the role of endogenous stimulation in early development of the central nervous system (CNS). This state serves important developmental function especially during earliest infancy and utero. pg2 breger This is characterized by immense levels of brain activation delusions (Noreika & Windt, 2011, p. 1094). During the REM state of activation, memory systems guide output which takes the form of emotional arousal, visual images, responses, and affective experiences. This sleep state uses regressed programs which lead to the openings of the system by combining and transforming symbolizing modes. The dream then becomes a prosperous source of information for a particular individual's memory systems. This system is organized with specific memories, fantasies, and associations of the basic dimensions of the system (Breger, 1967, p. 22).

The loss of reality during dreams is due to various circumstances. The main cause, however, is the lack of control sources that turn on the closing of both sensory input and motor output (Cicogna & Bosinelli, 2001, p. 28). Since dreaming is a form of psychological activity that develops in the absence of stimulus input, it should be suited to internal transformations of stored material (Breger, 1967, p. 24). Individuals go to sleep with certain memory systems of readiness that is due to emotional arousal. A image of such aroused information is between waking and dreaming during the hypnagogic period that usually occurs during sleep (p. 26). All dreams are composed into memory banks, which depends on various factor; waking stimulus, precedence of composition, and degree of repression (p. 159). In most dreams, the dreamer always participates in the event, and hallucinations of oneself does not allow a clear view between waking self-awareness and dreaming (Cicogna & Bosinelli, 2001, p. 31). Self-awareness during dreaming is limited to episodic situations of the oneiric context. This is the mechanisms of judgment and self-regulation, which access all subject's knowledge that seem to be nonfunctioning (p. 32). Dreams are coherent and realistic loaded with symbolism. Dreamer's knowledge of his or her recent and distant experiences are guided by fears and desires, covert and overt (Dennett, 1976, p. 156). In many ways dreams serve a purpose. They are used for emotional imbalances due to experiences in waking life, cognitive dissonances, and anxieties. When a job is difficult, dream mechanisms go into a looping cycle. For instance, people with issues often report recurring obsessive dreams that haunt them nightly. Even though most people cannot recall dreams, this function would entail some sort of unconscious mediation between waking life and the dream.