Dreams within dreams within dreams!
In the dream you cannot manipulate “reality”, where you still need to face and fight with outer influences, which are projections (but very real), as well as face your inner demons. Inside these dreams you hurt, you die, you feel all the emotions, linear time exists. It’s only when you wake up from the specific dream that you realize that you are still alive and well and time takes on a new meaning.
And then, you realize that you still within a dream…