Bhagavan - the waking state is dream.

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Visitor :

It is said the world is like a dream.

But there is this difference

between dream and the waking state. In dream I see my friends

or relations and go through some experiences with them.

When I wake up and ask those friends or relations whom I met

in the dream about the dream , they know nothing about it.

But in the waking state what I see and hear is corroborated

by so many others.

 

Bhagavan :

You should not mix up the dream and the waking states.

Just as you seek corroboration about the waking state experiences

from those whom you see in the waking state,you must ask for

corroboration about the dream experiences from those

whom you saw in the dream state,i.e.when you were in the dream.

Then in the dream ,those friends or relations whom you saw

in the dream would corroborate you.

 

The main point is ,are you prepared when awake to affirm the

reality of any of your dream experiences? Similarly, one who has

awakened into jnana cannot affirm the reality of the waking

experience. From his viewpoint,the waking state is dream.

 

 

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DAY BY DAY WITH BHAGAVAN ,

From a Diary of A.Devaraja Mudaliar