Sleeping within dreams represents retreat from consciousness, rest from ego's efforts, or descent into deeper unconscious layers.
Sleep is ego's temporary death. It permits the unconscious to surface when rational defenses lower.
The little death—the soul's nightly journey into subtle realms and communion with higher self.
Peaceful sleep indicates needed rest, trust in the process, or integration of experiences during dream sleep.
Inability to sleep or nightmare sleep suggests resistance to unconscious material, hypervigilance, or inner disturbance.