Yes Derek, I like how you say your thing. That makes sense to connect responsibility with deeper connection to the dream world (potential). Maybe you can help me out then.
I never considered my hypnagogic experience to be of the class of dreams. That is, the things I saw and heard had a tangible expression rather than symbolical content as in dreams.
I made my 'request' for two reasons that I can remember. I had the idealistic notion that discarding the social and intellectual constructs of others may open one to better approaches to true reality. By having a more direct connection (to reality) I hoped to be able to live a better life. Also I did not want to live my life as a naive realist and yet I had no interest in occult games.
As a young person I observed that this world would chew most people up and spit them out. I thought that many people caused their problems because of misguided efforts at maintaining pretences to protect a contrived self-image. To me, this is the cutting off of the connection of consciousness(A) from consciousness(B). See I do not remember my dreams for the most part, yet experience seems to be speaking to me all the time, and when paid attention to properly it seems to tell me my next move with excellent reliability. It's like the tangible is being used as the symbolical. My wife said this morning that I do not remember dreams because my life is a dream. Indeed it does seem that way, surreal and absurd and yet it works and I am constantly entertained. I still love the dream business and a current favorite writer for me is Paul Levy found at: http://www.awakeninthedream.com/
Thought for the day is 'mirroring', Thanks TKL.
Many blessings to all for this New Year.