Guest guest Posted May 14, 2001 Report Share Posted May 14, 2001 Question : Does a jnani have dreams? Answer : Yes, he does dream,but he knows it to be a dream, in the same way as he knows the waking state to be a dream. You may call them dream no.1 and dream no.2. The jnani being established in the fourth state - turiya,the supreme reality - he detachedly witnesses the three other states ,waking, dreaming and dreamless sleep, as pictures superimposed on it. For those who experience waking, dream and sleep, the state of wakeful sleep,which is beyond those three states, is named * turiya * (the fourth). But since that turyia alone exists and since the seeming three states do not exist, know for certain that turiya is itself * turiyatita * (that which transcends the fourth) . ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ BE AS YOU ARE, The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi edited by David Godman ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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