Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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THE HOLY TRINITY,
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As regards the contents of dreams, the stimulus which sets the dream-machinery in motion either comes from (1) the outside world, or (2) consists of bodily sensations, ie, of excitations originating in some bodily organ. It is then blended together with the prevailing, subjective states, which mean such of the thoughts as, centred round paramount wishes, have strongly agitated the individual and lent their colouring to the aggregate of feelings in the will. During sleep these psychic states consist in potential, that is to say, nascent movements, and only need suitable impulsion to be developed into perceptions. The arrival of the stimulus just furnishes the impulsion that was needed, and the sensation is woven into the framework of consciousness, just as an ordinary excitation in the waking hours. This results in dream-perception with which we are all familiar.
So far as the type of a dream is concerned, it would appear to be determined by the nature of the prevailing feeling at the moment of dreaming; for instance, if we remove a corner of the sheet covering him and allow cool air to play on a part of his body, the sleeper, if he does dream at all, would dream of scenes in the Alps, with falling snow, intense cold, and the like-all details tending to emphasize the fact that a feeling of cold is present in consciousness. Similarly, if the heart happens to be weighted down by the hand or by anything falling on it, the sensation excited by pressure gives rise to a feeling of fear, and leads the creative imagination to picture scenes in which accent is laid on that feeling. Thus, it is the feeling which