This is fantastic. It hit the nail on the head!! Separating the real the premonition and the illusory imagination is not easy, and in fact, sometimes so mysterious that it feels unnecessary. Even these thoughts and perceptions have an intention, some are well-meaning, the pure silences of the deity and others loaded with burdens of our ignorance. Yet what are these distinctions really? That is the resounding question from the koan. The dawn sun is the now! It is the eternal dream too!
A most pertinent question to answer for any serious seeker of brahman, which is verily all this, the real and the illusion, the now and the apparent. Honoured to have read it and responded.