Guest guest Posted February 19, 2001 Report Share Posted February 19, 2001 sunderh [sunderh] Monday, February 19, 2001 3:41 PM advaitin Re: Reality Namaste, This raises another question for me. Is not the dream state more akin to a mirage than to a waking state? In a mirage, one is 'awake' but does not know it is a mirage till one is 'really awake'! In any case, comparing two unreal entities will remain a futile exercise, till one who is AWAKE awakens you!! So even vyavahaarika truth will remain a misnomer. Regards, s. In the "dream state" one may be awake and fully know that it is a dream! Indeed one can have a high degree of viveka in the dream state. There can be no absolute rules on this. Similarly, in visionary experiences, a person is awake and knows it to be a visionary experience. Advaita Vedanta puts the emphasis on the Reality of the Seer and not the nature of the experience. The changing states of "dreaming" and "waking" are analyzed to discover the unchanging Subject underlying all states Whose nature is that of Pure Consciousness. Love Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2001 Report Share Posted February 19, 2001 Namaste, I agree with you, Harshaji. I was under the impression that although no 'rules' apply, a fairly advanced yogi only could stay 'awake' in a dream.[ from what I read in Sri Aurobindo's writings]. Regards, s. advaitin, "Harsha" <harsha-hkl@h...> wrote: > > sunderh [sunderh] > Monday, February 19, 2001 3:41 PM > advaitin > Re: Reality > > > Namaste, > > This raises another question for me. Is not the dream state > more akin to a mirage than to a waking state? In a mirage, one is > 'awake' but does not know it is a mirage till one is 'really awake'! > > In any case, comparing two unreal entities will remain a > futile exercise, till one who is AWAKE awakens you!! So even > vyavahaarika truth will remain a misnomer. > > Regards, > > s. > > In the "dream state" one may be awake and fully know that it is a dream! > Indeed one can have a high degree of viveka in the dream state. There can be > no absolute rules on this. Similarly, in visionary experiences, a person is > awake and knows it to be a visionary experience. > > Advaita Vedanta puts the emphasis on the Reality of the Seer and not the > nature of the experience. The changing states of "dreaming" and "waking" > are analyzed to discover the unchanging Subject underlying all states Whose > nature is that of Pure Consciousness. > > Love > Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2001 Report Share Posted February 19, 2001 sunderh [sunderh] Monday, February 19, 2001 5:38 PM advaitin Re: Sunderji/ Reality Namaste, I agree with you, Harshaji. I was under the impression that although no 'rules' apply, a fairly advanced yogi only could stay 'awake' in a dream.[ from what I read in Sri Aurobindo's writings]. Regards, s. _ Ramana Maharshi used to say that if you practice remaining awake (self aware) in the waking state, you will find that the same current will be gradually carried into the dreaming state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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