Quote Originally Posted by Naiya View Post
I think this is true nearly all the time...very true.

There are some instances where the first rule doesn't fit, though. For example, once I fell asleep on the plane and the music from my headphones bled into my lucid dream. In that dream, my attention or lack thereof could not have stopped the music from playing in my ears. So there are times where external stimuli can possibly affect us.

If you needed to direct attention for something to exist in a dream, then how could dreams begin? You can't direct your attention when nothing is there. And so that means something has to be there before you direct your attention so that you can direct your attention to it.

So basically I feel that the OP is a very true statement, but it is not absolute. I think there may be a piece or two that still needs to be added here. Thanks Cusp.
Oh wow. Stumbling over this little gem is like stumbling over the krabby patty secret formula.

No spoilers for people still playing along at home, but this pulled together so many little pieces it's crazy.

And everyone just kinda ignored it.

Mmmm. Suspicious.