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Short Note
ARHAT VACANA Kundakunda Jnanapitha, Indore
What Dreams Talk About
I A. P. Jain
Our memories are made up of millions of fragments of information that have been transmitted down, retained through the generatoions. It is admitted in the Jain Canonical literature. This is called consciuosness. Then there are specific experiences that make up the individual consciousness, Makes senses so far? Our dreams act as conduits between thses two states - churning up sanappy flicks ; shot, edited and screened in the interative studies of our REM sleep. And no, the studio bosses do not really care about entertaining you. So what ever kicks, thrills, pleasures and sears you derived out of your dreams are purely incidental. Why then, do they pop up, unammonced only to turn our microcosm upside down. ?
Some one might have an answer in 'Keval jñāna Praśna Cūdāmani' (docşit 997 714foT) edited by Dr. Nemichand Jain, Jyotisācārya. The researches and expertise in this field revealed the dream analysis sometimes even 'Ordaining Dreams' to help solve problems.
One can wonder and intend to know the process ; First one has to go (or is led) into meditation. as it is the meditative state that connects the subject to his true inner self his right brain. Then a dream petition is placed before his pure self. This is followed by an auto suggesion to make the dream happen. The dream, then shows up when ever the subject falls asleep next. It is not that one has to be always induced into dreaming. We dream regularly, every night. One can. question that what about the people and places that appear in our dreams? Are they for real? The researches on the above Jain text revealed that the people who appear in our dreams are actually our own erection. They represents traits that are there in his or those that might cause you is stumble.
Dream symbols are very important, even small details, but which is remembered has its own significance. The mother of Tirthankaras would see some significant symbols (16) during the pregnancy, it is well known to every body.
Some typical symbols appear universally a house represent the self. The ground floor Physical self, first floor mental being, the terrace reprents the spiritual self. Looking out of the window or the parapet is the symbolic of the coming future.
Snakes are not always an ominious symbol. In fact its sighing can mean many things. On one hand it stands for healing, state of kundalini stands for violence. It's bites often reprents energetic love making.
The above mentioned Jain text "केवलज्ञान प्रश्न चूड़ामणि' have a potential literature on dreams. This book can solve or unfold the question (multifarious) and can reveal the resplendent world of dreams.
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Arhat vacana, July 99
