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of Mahavira's mother who first saw the lion and Rishabhadeva's mother who first saw the bull.
These dreams represent the arrival of a being whose past and future is filled with opulence. The sadhana of these fourteen dreams bless the mother-to-be with the vibrations of the Tirthankaras and those great women who gave birth to these gems of humanity.
This sadhana is undertaken twice everyday - once in the morning and once at night before going to bed. The mother-tobe sits in a comfortable posture and places the dream cards one by one before her eyes in sequence. She focuses her eyes on the meditating point of each dream image for a few seconds and then closes her eyes. With her inner eyes, she sees whatever image appears before her closed eyes. When the image disappears, she opens her eyes. The procedure is the same for all the dream images.
The meditating points of the fourteen dreams are: 1) eye of the elephant 2) eye of the bull 3) eye of the lion 4) throat of Goddess Lakshmi 5) empty space in the centre of the garland 6) circumference of the moon 7) centre of the top rays of the sun 8) eye of the lion in the flag 9) centre of the neck of the pot 10) central white space of lotus-lake 11) inner tiny space of the milkysea 12) top of the flag in the celestial air-plane
The Dream Meditation (Swapna Sadhana)
The first stage of Arham Pregnancy is the dream meditation. As soon as a couple decides that they are ready for child-bearing, this sadhana is undertaken by the mother -to-be. A small mantra is recited at the beginning of any sadhana - ‘namutthute tithayar mauyae' - which means, 'Obeisance to the mother of the Tirthankara'. With such a prayer in one's heart, she absorbs the energy of the Tirthankaras and their mothers.
The arrival of the being in the womb is accompanied with this dream process. Whether the being arrives during day or night, whether the mother is awake or asleep, she experiences and knows about his aura, his desires and feelings through the medium of dreams.
