A Good Dream in the Well-Being of Now
A Good Dream in the Well-Being of Now
How the Mind Constructs the Present and the World We Believe We Live In
A Good Dream in the Well-Being of Now
1. Reality is a Cultural Dream
“Everything we perceive is what we’ve already managed to believe.”
The reality we call “now” is built by the brain in intervals of 200 to 400 milliseconds.
Consciousness is not continuous — it is a sequence of integrated “frames,” much like cinema.
Between each moment, the brain fills in the gaps to maintain coherence between beliefs, memories, and expectations (Northoff 2022; Damasio 2021; Friston 2022).
That’s why we live in a shared cultural dream: our collective beliefs shape what we call reality.
2. Time as a Construction of Consciousness
The past is our internal judicial system: it defines what can or cannot be remembered.
The future is our internal legislative system: it creates rules and promises for what is to come.
Both happen now — inside the mind.
The brain simulates time to maintain the stability of the self (Craig 2023; Berntson 2023).
“We never leave the now — we just narrate it in different ways.”
3. Dreaming as a Laboratory for Reality
During sleep, especially in tonic and phasic REM, the brain tests different versions of itself.
An external noise (like one’s own snoring) can be integrated into the dream narrative before waking — showing that we perceive what we believe.
Dreaming reveals that waking reality is also a coherent interpretation of internal and external stimuli (Hobson 2021; Siclari 2020).
“Dreaming is rehearsing reality with fewer bodily constraints.”
4. The Well-Being of Now
Well-being is not found in controlling the future or revisiting the past — but in present enjoyment.
It is the state where body, environment, and mind vibrate in the same cycle — Zone 2.
In this state, the brain reduces energy consumption, increases cardiorespiratory coherence, and opens space for creativity (Palumbo 2020; Dumas 2020).
It is the same principle found in Umbu rituals and collective dances: moving together, breathing together, being together.
“Now is the only place where the body and consciousness truly meet.”
5. From Joinville to the Body-Territory
Joinville symbolizes the reunion with the collective now:
At the Dance Festival, time dissolves into rhythm.
In the sambaquis, the past is present.
In the forest, every plant cell breathes the same “now” as the human.
In this flow, DREX Citizen and Carbon Credits gain meaning:
an economy of present-time, where value lies in keeping the cycle alive.
6. The Good Dream
“A good dream is one that recognizes the now as the only place where we can live well.”
When we awaken to the awareness that reality is a collective dream,
we stop being prisoners of narratives and start co-dreaming the world.
First-person consciousness is not isolation — it is attunement with the rhythm of the Whole.
DANA spirituality calls this the Real Dream:
the moment when the body perceives itself as the place where the universe recognizes itself.
The reality we call “now” is a cerebral construction that occurs in intervals of 200 to 400 milliseconds. Consciousness is not continuous; it is composed of small frames that the brain integrates to produce the illusion of flow and coherence. Between one frame and another, there are gaps filled with predictions drawn from beliefs, memories, and expectations — a process described by Damasio, Northoff, and Friston. Just as in dreams, our waking perception is a stable simulation that seeks harmony between what we feel, expect, and believe. The brain dreams while awake to maintain balance between sensation and meaning, turning the present moment into a biological narrative.
During sleep — especially REM — the brain reorganizes experiences and uses sounds, lights, and other external inputs to construct coherent narratives, testing internal models of reality. This dynamic serves to update beliefs by integrating emotion and perception. In much the same way, when we are awake, our perception on social media follows a similar principle: informational noise and emotional stimuli are integrated into our shared cultural dream, shaping how we interpret the real. Whoever controls the noise, controls the dream — and, therefore, social behavior.
The so-called “Planet 01 Program” exploits this mechanism to defame or discredit politicians who obstruct its plans. It does so by manipulating the human dopaminergic system, which rewards emotional intensity — anger, fear, outrage — with a burst of pleasure and arousal. Social media platforms, designed to maximize engagement, automatically amplify such content. The result is an algorithmic confirmation bias: each user receives more of what reinforces their worldview and less of what could make them think differently. This creates a state of emotional polarization that suppresses prefrontal activity and reduces critical thinking, as the brain conserves energy by believing whatever strengthens its sense of belonging.
Recent research in cognitive and social neuroscience shows that ideological bias has measurable neural markers. Zmigrod et al. (2022) demonstrated that ideological rigidity correlates with reduced connectivity between the salience and executive-control networks, decreasing cognitive flexibility. Studies using EEG and fNIRS (Khalsa & Berntson, 2021; Koban et al., 2023) reveal that polarized emotions inhibit interoception, reducing bodily awareness and expanding political reactivity. The more intense the emotion, the less embodied awareness — and the greater the vulnerability to manipulation.
This metabolic economy is the foundation of the neuroeconomy of misinformation: the brain does not distinguish truth from falsehood; it only measures emotional intensity and the social reward that comes from group approval. The “Planet 01” system uses this circuit to produce metabolically attractive content — easy to believe, pleasurable to share, and costly to question. The result is a collective dream engineered to keep citizens inside narratives that favor power structures and consumption patterns.
The way out lies in reactivating the interoceptive–proprioceptive axis — the Damasian Mind. Practices of fruition and metacognition, combined with physiological balance (SpO₂ between 94–96%, rhythmic breathing, and low cortical energy expenditure), help restore critical sense and conscious belonging. To be present is to awaken without losing the dream: to realize that the now is a collective construction, and that by co-dreaming with consciousness and evidence, we can rebuild the world in a freer, more responsible, and truthful way.
Post-2020 References
Damasio, A. (2021). Feeling and Knowing
Friston, K. (2022). Active Inference and the Predictive Brain
Northoff, G. (2022). Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Consciousness and Self
Craig, A. D. (2023). Homeostatic Emotion and the Neural Basis of Feeling
Berntson, G. G. (2023). Autonomic Coherence and the Construction of Presence
Hobson, J. A. (2021). Dreaming and the Brain
Siclari, F. (2020). The Neural Correlates of Dreaming
Dumas, G. (2020). Inter-Brain Synchrony and Collective Awareness
Palumbo, R. (2020). Physiological Synchrony and Well-Being
Buen Sueño en el Bienestar del Ahora
A Good Dream in the Well-Being of Now
Sonho Bom no Bem-Estar do Agora
El Renacimiento del Pertenecer Natural – Joinville, los Umbu, los Sambaquíes y la Prosperidad Bribri
The Rebirth of Natural Belonging – Joinville, the Umbu People, the Sambaquis, and Bribri Prosperity
O Renascimento do Pertencimento Natural – Joinville, Umbus, Sambaquis e a Prosperidade Bribri
Movimiento de las Aguas Interiores y Sincronía Circadiana del Ser
Movement of the Inner Waters and Circadian Synchrony of Being
Movimento das Águas Interiores e Sincronia Circadiana do Ser
Cuerpo Territorio – La Conciencia del Espacio Vivido
Body Territory – The Consciousness of Lived Space
Corpo Território – A Consciência do Espaço Vivido
Movimiento de las Aguas – El ciclo vital dentro y fuera del ser
Movement of the Waters – The Vital Cycle Inside and Outside the Being
Movimento das Águas – O Ciclo Vital Dentro e Fora do Ser
Apus – La Propiocepción Extendida del Ser
Apus – The Extended Proprioception of Being
Apus – A Propriocepção Estendida do Ser
Yãy hã mĩy Extendido – El cuerpo que imitando se trasciende
Yãy hã mĩy Extended – The Body That Imitating, Transcends Itself
Yãy hã mĩy Extendido – O Corpo que Imitando se Transcende
Taá Extendido – El Sueño que Conecta Todas las Cosas
Extended Taá – The Dream that Connects All Things
Taá Estendido – O Sonho que Liga Todas as Coisas
Weicho - El Ser sin Diferencias
Weicho - Being Without Differences
Pei Utupe - El Alma como Información Comprometida
Pei Utupe - The Soul as Engaged Information
Pei Utupe - A Alma como Informação Engajada
Yãy hã mĩy - Imitarse Ser para Trascenderse Ser
Yãy hã mĩy - To Imitate Being to Transcend Being
Yãy hã mĩy - Imitar-se Ser para Transcender-se Ser
El Soñar de la Información - El Taá
The Dreaming of Information - The Taá
O Sonhar da Informação - O Taá
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