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Author_Andrew T. Jaffe
Awareness
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CDIT & Dream analogy for understanding reality
Cognitive science
Consciousness
Consciousness and quantum theory
Dream analogy
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How dreams explain consciousness
Idealism
Idealism vs materialism debate
Is consciousness fundamental?
Is reality a dream?
M.D.
Meaning of life and consciousness
Metaphysics
Mind and matter
Nature of reality
Nonduality
Perception and reality
Philosophical theories of reality
Philosophy and science integration
Philosophy meets science of mind
Philosophy of mind
Quantum consciousness
Quantum physics and consciousness
Reality as a dream
Reality as a shared dream
Self and identity
Simulation hypothesis alternative
Spiritual philosophy (non-religious)
The illusion of matter
The illusion of self explained
The nature of awareness explained
The nature of reality and perception
The waking dream theory
Time and space as illusions
Time and space illusion
Understanding awareness and reality
What is consciousness
What is the self in philosophy?
Who am I? philosophical perspectives
Product details
- ISBN 9781917991629
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 25 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Collective Ink
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Living the Dream: Cognitive Dream Interface Theory (CDIT)�reframes one of humanity�s oldest mysteries: the nature of reality. Instead of treating consciousness as a late byproduct of complex matter, CDIT presents awareness as a natural phenomenon -�timeless, ever-present, and as fundamental as gravity or light. Its intrinsic property is to generate experience, to render form and story the way gravity pulls or magnetism attracts. From this perspective, matter, time, identity, and memory are not foundations of reality but symbolic content within awareness�s unfolding. Drawing on neuroscience, physics, evolutionary biology, and philosophy, this book demonstrates how everyday experience -�including its anomalies, from dreams to quantum paradoxes -�is better understood as dreamlike renderings within awareness. Evolution�s imperfections, the puzzles of the observer effect, and the illusion of a stable self all become coherent inside this framework. What sets CDIT apart from other theories is its clarity. By using the dream analogy, it brings nondual insights down to earth, showing that what sages and contemplatives have pointed to for millennia can be grasped directly and simply: awareness is not in the world; the world is in awareness. Accessible, rigorous, and deeply original, Living the Dream�invites its readers to see reality in a new light.
Andrew Jaffe, M.D. is a physician/MD, board certified in Dermatology and Mohs surgery with a significant interest in the topic of consciousness and the nature of reality. He lives in Naples, Fl.
