We think we are awake

Hi. This evening in my Buddhist study group we talked about this theory that blew my mind, so I wanted to share it with you...

Apparently in Both Buddhism and Hinduism there is this idea of our present state of mind and what we "think" of as being reality as actually being another state of dreaming or a Bardo (transitional state).

This present reality is no different than when we are a sleep and think we are dreaming. We wake up in the morning from dreaming we are actually just entering in a different dream or Bardo. When we die, we will suddenly wake up and realize that our life was only a dream playing out.

The eager student in me raised my hand and asked, so, when I wake up from being asleep I "think" I have been a sleep for around 8 hours. Now, when I die and realize I was basically dreaming my whole life, how long will it have been? Will it have been 80 years or how ever long I thought I was alive or will it have been like a normal dream?

The answer??????

My teacher snaps his fingers. Thats how long it will have been. The idea of time does not actually exist.

I am dumb founded by this idea. I am completely blown away! I absolutely love it. What do you think?