Thank you for providing this clarification with added details.It also sheds light on a fundamental purpose of the body biological machine.

An interceding interpretative machine between the subtle body within its dimension, that relay information for processing in order to ascertain the survival or maintenance of the subtle entity in a material environment.

Factually, aside from the allure and non investigated confusion this setup affords to any normal person, the body is also just like the other more or less advanced machines/ gadgets scientifically created. At that, it can be itself sharpened/ "purified" to detect the higher or otherwise normally undetected energy bandwidth manifestations, that other sophisticated machines can perceive in diverse dimensions. 

Therefore either the body-mind complex, say the combined effects of the life force along with its participative sensory elements, and the intellect or the fabricated machines with their different components can both potentially access the world of dreams as well as the one of thoughts, and others...

However, in any event, the ultimate yoke is the sense of attention, which in turn will be divested for the observation and appreciation of the sense of identity. There is only long-lasting benefit to the core self if there is an understanding and awareness of the setups and their processes. Additionally, these benefits shall be true and impactful at that level only with the addition mystical conjugation.

In conclusion, science and mysticism are not mutually exclusive, but to the contrary, they are procedures by the same subject that are applied from virtually two opposite perspectives. And, their ultimate effects need not be divergent, so long as there is sufficient genuine spiritual endeavor included within the expenditures of the attention energy.