Waking life is partially dream, and vice versa.
The connection between them is words.
Dreaming? Could feel 'daisy' but the ground reminds me of hard solid evidence; then i eat.
i can observe within the concept you post, applying...... words create a kind of the bridge (or imposed reality), in which mass (mankind) is using words (which transcend time) to learn, within the language and concepts understood, at the time. (knowledge evolving and often changing conceptual beliefs (think of how "paradigm shifts" work)
i like the mind twist on your thinking there; definitely the eastern flare (perhaps tao/zen/upanishad: please don't quote me, but i feel it)
Let's continue;
many who cannot articulate in words are still "awake"
what they label 'blue' maybe quite different in their 'filing cabnet' yet still they experience.
that fine line of being able to comprehend the 'i' of a self, consciously, is a touph idea (word/concept) to wrap up, with just words as the science behind it is quite definitive. (coherance of energy inclusive of mind/senses/input/action)
Being able to articulate the opinion from an "i" is practically required, yet when hypnotized, an unconscious mind can represent the experience from a point of an i...............
there are so many exceptions, that i would Love to see what folk here consider consciously alive and 'awake'..........
thanx for the post