Insights from the Master Dream States and Their Purposes

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Dreams can be a bit weird right now, because, you see, when you are talking about dream, many people have a dream what they want to achieve in life. This is also called a dream, and to have an aim is also called a dream, you know? 

So, you have a dream that one day you will achieve, you will have achieved something great in life, you know, you will be somebody in life. That’s also a dream. So, I don’t think that you are asking about that right now. So, what is a dream? Well, in a scientific way dream is said that, you see, it’s a mixture of images and information that you have gathered throughout the day, then after that when you sleep at night, you dream about certain things, it’s like a continuation. But in reality, dreams have many levels, you know. So, you have dreams which is like this, what I just explained right now, that your mind is so busy in the outside world.

                                                               

 You see, very often people which are so mind-centred, you know, and also very focused upon the external reality, which means they are focused upon the world outside, you know, busy about their work, family and so on, friends and all these external things. So, because of such a mindset, they have a certain kind of dream, you know? The same drama which carries on from the day they can dream also at night a continuation of that mind, because that mind is - you see, your mind is so much tired with this what you are focusing on the outside that your mind is, even when you are sleeping, your mind is still trying to digest it. So, how would the mind digest it? The mind would start to play it inside of your mind, so then you also dream about. So, you will dream similar to what you have lived during the day. This is one kind of dream. Then you have another kind of dream where when you’re sleeping, you enter a state where - normally this kind of dream, these kinds of people that I’m going to explain right now, the people normally don’t dream so much. 

They are - their mind is calm, their mind is fine, but when they dream of something it is a very strong dream. Actually, this kind of dream is called premonition...premonitory dream, you know, so premonition awakens inside. So, this is a dream of the consciousness where when you sleep your consciousness travels. So, when your consciousness travels, of course, it can go to many places, places which you have never been in this life you will dream about. Things that you have never done in this life you will dream about because it is nothing to do with this time, because inside of you there is different reality from many lives which is all downloaded inside of you, you know? So, all of them are present inside. So, when you have these premonitory dreams, your soul may have travelled in previous lives of yourself, or future. So, that consciousness, when it comes back, of course, it creates a certain dream that it is vivid, it is clear inside of your mind. And when you wake up, you remember it. Of course, this kind of dream, it is a dream where you have to meditate upon and see what it is teaching you, what these dreams are telling you. It’s not about going around telling people about this dream, but it’s about seeing, because, you see, what has triggered these dreams is something which has happened in your life itself. In this present life. 

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And this present life wants to teach you something which you should not carry on doing from previous or what you can change so that the future can be different. This is premonitory dreams, you know. And then you have another dream. Very often people ask, you know, say, 'Guruji, I have dreamt about you', you know, 'Is it truly you who come in the dream?'. Actually, yes. You see, to create the image of the Master is not - the mind is not that strong to create that. So, the mind can’t create. Even if you are sitting and meditating upon, very often you will say 'I try to visualise you.' Yesterday itself somebody sent me a message, said 'Guruji, I tried to visualise you, but I can’t visualise you.' So, imagine if being visualisation you can’t, do you think in the dream the Master will just come like that? No, it will not. So, when you dream of a saint, you dream of the Lord, Krishna, you dream of Sriman Narayana, you dream of any deity, you know, actually you are having the blessing, you are having the grace, you are having the darshan of them directly. And sometimes they can speak a certain language in the dream, but when you come back to your - when you are awake, you still remember what they have tell you, but you have not to take it literally what you have heard, because, you see, when they speak to your atma, to your consciousness, they speak a different language to what your mind can understand. So, to understand it with the mind, you will understand it in a very logical way in the outside, which is limited.

 So, one thing that you should do: meditate upon what you have received. So, this is the dream which comes with the blessing and grace. So, like I said, when the Guru comes into your dream, it is the Guru Himself, you know, the Essence of the Guru who has come to give you darshan and blessing, and it should not be taken just for granted like that, you know. You should meditate upon it and you should really absorb your mind into it, so that the mind can understand the true meaning behind what you have received. So, here I have told you about three states of dream, you know, which normally you could understand and really focus upon.