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I am the Soul
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Srimadji has related the entire sequence of how the pursuit of samyag darshan transforms into the ultimate siddhi. Now, once the chetan decides to push out the affected disposition continuing from infinite time, how long would it take? Not very long! This statement, Srimadji supports with a worldly example
कोटि वर्षतुं स्वप्न पण, जागृत थतां शमाय;
an fayra taifa, FIA GT ga aru .....888 When a sleeping person is not fast asleep but just in a trance, it is likely that the subconscious mind awakens. And the various influences lying within begin to pass through the mind like a movie. Sometimes for a long while, and sometimes short. That is what we call dreams. These dreams sometimes make sense, and at other times they are nonsense. At certain times they even point to something, but that is not often. Meaningful or pointed dreams appear rarely. Mostly they are meaningless, with no head or tail. Even the person dreaming doesn't know what its all about. Of course, as long as the dream is on, it appears as if it is really happening and that the dreamer is a part of it.
But the moment it is time to wake up and the sleep gets over, and the person wakes up, the dream disappears, however long the dream may have been. Sometimes the dreams run all through the night. Why! Some people see the same dream for months together. If Kumbhakarna slept for six months, then his dreams would have been that long. And Srimadji says that somebody slept for crores of years and for all that time that person only saw dreams and dreams. It is not important how long or short the duration of the dream is, but how long it takes to get out of it, to end the dream.
We have all experienced that the moment we wake up, dreams go away. Whether the eyes open or not, but the moment sleep gets over dreams also come to a halt.
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