Fw: The world of the waking state and the dream world

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` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` How can the mind which has itself createdthe world accept it as unreal? That is thesignificance of the comparison made betweenthe world of the waking state and the dreamworld. Both are creations of the mind and,so long as the mind is engrossed in either,it finds itself unable to deny their reality.It cannot deny the reality of the dream worldwhile it is dreaming and it cannot deny thereality of the waking world while it is awake.If, on the contrary, you withdraw your mindcompletely from the world and turn it within and abide there, that is, if you keepawake always to the Self which is the sub-stratum of all experiences, you will find theworld of which you are now aware is just as unreal as the world in which you lived yourdream. - Sri Ramana Maharshi` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` "Be As You Are"The Teachings of Sri Ramana MaharshiEdited by David GodmanArkana, 1985Lead me from the unreal to the realLead me from darkness to lightLead me from death to immortality. - Invocation from the Upanishads