Yes, spot on I think. The battle is not for our ‘money’, but for our attention. This is our real treasure that we give away without thought; It is a magical power that creates worlds!
Wakening slightly in a dream shines a light on the weirdness going on and the malleable nature of the experience. But counter-intuively we sometimes feel worse off and more asleep, because before we were fully lost; We had nothing with which to register our condition.
Does good and bad exist in a dream? Habit and automatic process might be seen as bad because these ‘ever decreasing circles’ reduce experience and opportunity.
In a dream, good might be something like becoming conscious of our actions, learning something new and remembering to turn around and facing whatever we are running away from. (which is also part of us)
‘In sterquiliniis invenitur’ -What you most need to find will be found where you least want to look!