Is it possible that, coming out of the dream state, your consciousness is between being in the realm of higher consciousness, e.g., the soul, and the "beta" waves of being awake, you can sense the energy around you with your physical senses, energy that "beta" waves block out normally, thus allowing you to hear, and see things, you can`t normally see or hear, thereby explaining why most people can`t hear the "pop", which may just be how the senses process all the input they don`t normally acknowledge. What do you think of this hypothesis?