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Dreams – A Blessing A mother and child first connect by means of vibrations. As soon as a soul enters a womb, it's vibrations reach the mother in the form of dreams. Through her dreams, she is introduced to the new life force inside her womb, and gains intuitive insight into its character, as well as it's past and future purpose.
The Bhagavati Sutra states that when an extraordinary being enters the womb, the mother experiences certain unique dreams. There is a clear mention of how many dreams she sees and also a description of the kind of dreams she might experience. In fact, there are 72 types of dreams mentioned, 42 of which translate into ordinary results while the remaining 30 great dreams (mahaswapna) bestow extraordinary results. It is stated that the mother sees fourteen great dreams when an Arihanta or Chakravarti enters her womb, seven for a Vasudeva, four for a Baldeva, and one for a Mandalik Raja. Among these, the Arihantas are omniscients, the Chakravartis rule over six zones, the Vasudevas over three zones, the Baldevas are brothers of Vasudevas, and the Mandalik Raja rules over a limited zone.
When Lord Mahavira, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara, entered Mother Trishla's womb, she saw the fourteen great dreams. The Agamas contain enchanting descriptions of these dreams. Auspicious and propitious, these dreams are a prediction of a God-like child
As we will see in this book later on, meditating on these fourteen dreams bestows the power to touch the Arham, or one's inner capacity, to maximize that capacity, and reach the zenith of self-actualization. By this sadhana, the woman prepares herself to become a mother from whose womb an epoch-hero can be born. Thus by empowering her own motherhood, she also transforms her child's life into one of wonder and serendipity.
