7th Moon, 29th sun - Yi - Year of the Ox - I had a dream -- written by Lu Yu (1125-1210)

7th Moon, 29th Sun, Yi- Year of the Ox: I had a Dream Last night in which I met a stately man, and at First Sight we were like old friends. He had written pages of lovely poems Long Ago, all perfectly pure and simple. I started reading through them, But woke Before I finished. To record What happened, I've written This in Long Lines: 

The traveler is an instant friend, utterly clear and true.
Even before we dip out wine, we share kindred thoughts.

The pillow is cold, but I don't understand it's all a dream 
In the clear night. I just savor that vision of an old sage.

Star River tipped, Dipper sunk, ancient histories empty, 
Mist scatters, and clouds leave.

Our two bodies are mirage, and mind is perfect clarity. 
It sees through this illusion.
Awake you can't avoid it: all things the same bittersweet.

- Lu Yu (1125-1210), Translated by David Hinton, in 'Mountain Home - The Wilderness Poetry of Ancient China', 2014

Nagarjunna

There is no reality in a dream but nevertheless we believe in the reality of the things seen in a dream. After waking up, we recognize the falsity of the dream and we smile at ourselves. In the same way, the person deep in the sleep of the fetters (saṃyojananidra) clings (abhiniviśate) to the things that do not exist; but when he has found the Path, at the moment of enlightenment, he understands that there is no reality and laughs at himself. This is why it is said: like in a dream.

Moreover, by the power of sleep (nidrābala), the dreamer sees something there where there is nothing. In the same way, by the power of the sleep of ignorance (avidyānidrā), a person believes in the existence of all kinds of things that do not exist, e.g., ‘me’ and ‘mine’ (ātmātmīya), male and female, etc.

Moreover, in a dream, we enjoy ourselves although there is nothing enjoyable there; we are irritated although there is nothing irritating there; we are frightened although there is nothing to be afraid of there. In the same way, beings of the threefold world (traidhātukasattva), in the sleep of ignorance, are irritated although there is nothing irritating, enjoy themselves although there is nothing enjoyable, and frightened although there is nothing to be afraid of.

— Nagarjuna – Mahaprajñaparamitopadesa – Chapter XI

"Dreams can often become challenging, but challenges are what we live for. ~ Travis White"

Discriminating Awareness

The more you listen to your discriminating awareness, the more easily you will be able to change your negative moods yourself, see through them, and even laugh at them for the absurd dreams and ridiculous illusions that they are. 

--from Glimpse After Glimpse ...by Sogyal Rinpoche, August