Guest guest Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 In your own dream, in which you yourself create and play all characters... you *identify* one character as 'yourself' and other characters that identify as *others*! In your own dream, you see characters *created* by you attacking that character [that you dream to be 'yourself'], *you* see that character at risk, you see that character getting afraid... and, *you* experience Fear! That character [that you dream to be 'yourself'] feels fear and, you get afraid, your heart beat fasters, and you even sweat and wake up! That process repeats almost every night! Sometimes, it is fear, sometimes it is passion, lust... sometimes it is even laughter! *You* see that 'character' talk and your 'body' starts talking - the words start coming out of your mouth and those awake hear you talking! All in the *dream* that you yourself have *created*! This *identification* can be so deep, so total and so *real* in its effect that... people are known to have even died due to heart failure in the middle of scary dream [that they themselves created!]! It sounds quite amazing... yet, it happens almost every night! .... If you didn't identify with the *character* being chased and attacked in your dream as 'yourself' would you feel any fear, pain or worry? No. You will just remain the unaffected witness of some events [in your dream] – the Witness that you TRULY Are! But, your identification makes such a *BIG* difference! Not only does it make you *really* suffer, experience pain, fear, worry... when, it is intense it can even cause physical Death! All this just due to *wrong* identification!!! As you know [now]... you are the Dreamer and not a character in your own dream! You are the observer, the watcher, the seer... not what you *yourself* are *watching*! Yet, the wrong identification not only creates you pain, fear, suffering, worry and misery... it can even *kill* you! and, all due to the *fear* that *doesn't really exist*... because, the 'character' that this fear applies to itself doesn't exist! It was just your *own* Creation! .... And, this *habit* is so pervasive that it happens almost every night and to almost ....every person! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 >>As you know [now]... >>you are the Dreamer and not a character in your own dream! >>You are the observer, the watcher, the seer... not what you *yourself* are *watching*! >>Yet, the wrong identification not only creates you pain, fear, suffering, worry and misery... it can even *kill* you! >>and, all due to the *fear* that *doesn't really exist*... because, the 'character' that this fear applies to itself doesn't exist! >>It was just your *own* Creation! .... >>And, this *habit* is so pervasive that it happens almost every night and to almost ....every person! .... If you pay little attention, you can see that the same thing happens in wakeful thinking too! You think. You have thoughts! Yet, in your *own* thoughts, you think of a 'character' that you identify as 'yourself'. It is a character [created by you alone... a character that exists in your thoughts only] that I see at risk, having many worries, fears, anxieties, responsibilities, burdens... and, all that burden, fear, anxieties become *your* *own* fear just because of this wrong identification! Again, this identification is so consistent and strong that almost anytime you have thoughts... you also notice this character that you 'think' to be *yourself*! And, you do it so much that you don't even question it anymore [just as you don't question the *reality* of the 'character' called yourself in the dream!]! Yet, almost all your worries, anxieties, fears, suffering... are mostly due to what you *yourself* think and see happening that 'character' in your thoughts! ..... All *seeing* is about seeing this *character* as *non-existent*; about seeing it as *self-created* and thus all the worries, fears, anxieties, pain and suffering about it are non-existent too! All *understanding* is about understanding that jus like in your dream, here too, all your worries, fears, anxieties, pain and suffering are self created simply because you *identify* with a 'character' that you yourself create in your thinking! Only *Liberation* that is needed is the liberation from identifying with this self created character. It is about stopping to identify with the character that you yourself create! You are the Thinker... and, not a 'character' in your own " thoughts " ! You are the one who *sees* and not something that you yourself see! All *practice* is about remaining as you are... about staying vigilant to see the rise of this wrong identification in your thoughts and ceasing to keep identifying! It is about remaining as you are... the unattached Witnessing Presence! .... With little attention, dreams can teach you great lessons... With little vigilance, you will soon laugh at the tendency to identify with a character that you yourself create! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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