>Are the characters in our dreams sentient? They surely seem so and many of our dreams are elaborate and seem to obey natural laws.
The illusion of our own sentience and the sentience of those "characters" are generated by the same brain, so yes.
The illusion of our own sentience and the sentience of those "characters" are generated by the same brain, so yes.
The universe is seen as a dream of 'God'. Which means start of a dream is like Big Bang and waking from dream is like extinction of Universe.