Our Sun is a wonderful, loving being. Several years ago I was sitting on a bench on a beautiful spring day, facing the Sun, connecting with it, soaking up its golden energy. When I was done and thanked it, the following thought appeared in my mind:
A dream is a brief life where you don't know who you really are.
A life is a brief dream where you don't know who you really are.
Clearly not a thought originating from me, but a gift from the sun. I think this captures the main point very well. A dream is a dream not because it doesn't have substance, but because in a dream we forget our true identity. We completely lose the context within which the dream exists, and take it to be the only reality, which completely changes its meaning.
The forgetfulness we experience when we dream is analogous to the forgetfulness we are experiencing now because of the veil.
When we're able to recognize that we're dreaming and remember our truer, greater identity -- not simply recognize and believe that we have a truer identity, but actually remember it -- it transforms the meaning of the dream and our relationship with it.
A dream is a brief life where you don't know who you really are.
A life is a brief dream where you don't know who you really are.
Clearly not a thought originating from me, but a gift from the sun. I think this captures the main point very well. A dream is a dream not because it doesn't have substance, but because in a dream we forget our true identity. We completely lose the context within which the dream exists, and take it to be the only reality, which completely changes its meaning.
The forgetfulness we experience when we dream is analogous to the forgetfulness we are experiencing now because of the veil.
When we're able to recognize that we're dreaming and remember our truer, greater identity -- not simply recognize and believe that we have a truer identity, but actually remember it -- it transforms the meaning of the dream and our relationship with it.