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In Antakriddasha Sutra there are detailed discussions on numerous topics and many others have been just mentioned in some contexts. For example Java Mahabbale' (like Mahabal Kumar) words have been used to point at dream divining a (like in Aupapatik) has been used to point at descriptions of cities.
It would be useful to give some details about these topics. Here we are trying to elaborate some important topics.
1. DESCRIPTION OF DREAMS Dreams are those aberrations and imaginations of the conscious or subconscious mind that are experienced by all the sentient five sensed beings including humans and animals.
The world of dreams is very strange and surprising. In the state of slumber one sees h astonishing scenes which are impossible even to imagine when he is awake.
In dreams sometimes a person finds himself on the peak of a mountain and the next moment at the base. Sometimes he flies like birds in the sky and sometimes enjoys swimming like fish in high waves in the sea. Sometimes he finds himself on a throne and at others he is a beggar. To turn a beggar from a king or vice versa is a matter of a moment in the land of dreams.
Dream is a realm of imagination where the dreamer is free to do anything. When are Dreams Seen ?
It is a general belief that dreams are seen when one is asleep. When a man is in a state of slumber he sees dreams, but this is not true.
When a man takes rest, to recover from fatigue he lies down on the bed, he goes to sleep. While sleeping, his body goes limp and inactive and is in the process of regaining its normal strength. The mind is also almost in the same state. But the subconscious does not rest, it remains active. When the mind is resting the subconscious becomes active and roams around free.
Then a state comes when the person becomes drowsy, he is neither completely awake nor is he in deep sleep. This is the state when he dreams.
This half asleep-half awake state can occur during the first, second, third or fourth quarters of the night. Also, if a man sleeps during the day, he can see dreams during the day as well. Sometimes he sees dreams even while he is sitting and dozing.
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