Aptavani 01

SR No.: 007534
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation
Publication Year: 2007
Total Pages: 165
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 20 KB

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Gautam Swami asked Lord Mahavir, "Which is better, to be asleep or to be aware?' The Lord replied, "Out of a thousand people, nine hundred ninety nine are better off asleep but for a benevolent blessed soul, it is better to stay awake"
Dreams
The science of sleep is deep and mysterious. Many great scientists are engrossed in unfolding its mystery. They are conducting experiments to find what parts of the body are at work during sleep? What is the function of the inner psyche (antahkaran) during sleep? But the science behind dreams is not so easy to ascertain.
During a dream, all outlets of the gross body are closed and only part of the antahkaran - the mind, the intellect and the chit are at work. The ego is not able to do anything during this time. If the ego were operative in a dream, the dreamer would get up and start fighting or get up and leave. The dreamer would carry out all the activities that are going on in his dream. But during dream the ego has no say in the matter. In a wakeful state, however, the ego is operational and therefore says, 'I am doing this.' In reality it is not capable of doing anything but in the wakeful state all the avenues and outlets are open and therefore through illusion, the ego assumes the doership.
Dreams are real and exact. They are effective and this can be scientifically proven. Effects of dreams experienced by the inner body are reflected on the gross body. That is why it is called effective. In what way is it effective? Let me explain. In a dream if a pauper dreams he is a king, he experiences exhilaration and if a king dreams that he is a pauper, he becomes depressed. He is as much depressed in a dream, as he is when he wakes up. He might even weep in his dream and upon waking will find his eyes wet with tears. Some times, even after waking up the effect of the dream will linger and people continue
to weep. Young children are startled and scared by the effects of dreams and cry for a long time. Nightmares have an affect on the body, the rate of breathing increases, pulse rate, blood pressure etc. too increase. All these effects can be scientifically proven. Therefore if dreams are so effective how can they be considered unreal?
There was a gentleman who had never seen me before but had an exact darshan' of me in his dream. Now how can one explain this phenomenon? How complex is this?
Nothing that has never been seen before can appear in your dreams. It might have been seen in any of your past life cycles. Dreams are a collection of countless life cycles. It is not anything new. There are some that believe that thoughts of the day manifest as dreams at night. But during the day one thinks of all kinds of things, do they all manifest in dreams? Nevertheless is it not true either that you dream about something you have never thought of before?
In a dream, only the causal body and the subtle body are at work. The gross body does not take any part in it.
One man dreamt that he was sick and the doctor examined him and pronounced him dead. He saw himself as dead. As he saw his body being cremated, he woke up in a panic.
In dreams even bachelors see themselves getting married, having children and getting those children married also!
Questioner : What is the cause behind a dream?
Dadashri : The world you see in your wakeful state is the fruit of your past deeds. The dreams that you see are the maturing fruits of your past merit and demerit karma, but their effects on you are lighter. Both are effects.
Questioner : Is dream a tuber?