Dreams and Sleep explained in Prasnopanishad
What is a dream and what is sleeping?
According to the Upanishads and Vedas.
“atha hEnam souryayanee gargya papraccha |
bhagavannEtasmin purushE kaani svapanti kaanyasmin jaagrati katar yEsha dEva |
swapnaan pashyati kasyaitata sukham bhavati kasminnu sarvE sampratishTitaa bhavanteeti |”
Meaning follows.....
“Sir, what are they that sleep in man and what are they that remain awake in him ?
Which deity is it that sees dreams ?
Whose is the happiness ?
In whom, again, are all these gathered together ?”
Which deity is it that sees dreams ?
Whose is the happiness ?
In whom, again, are all these gathered together ?”
And it is answered as....
"As all the rays of the sun, when it sets, are gathered up in that disc of light, and as they, when the sun rises again and again, come forth, so is all this (all the senses) gathered up in the highest faculty (deva), the mind.
Therefore at that time that man does not hear, see, smell, taste, touch, he does not speak, he does not take, does not enjoy, does not evacuate, does not move about.
He sleeps, that is what People say.
There, in dreams, that god, the mind, experiences glory.
There, in dreams, that god, the mind, experiences glory.
Whatever has been seen he sees again; whatever has been heard he hears again; whatever has been experienced in different countries and quarters, he experiences again.
Whatever has been seen or not seen, heard or not heard and whatever is real or not real—he sees it all.
He sees all, himself being all.
Thus, it can be understood that humans and other living beings live like Brahma, the creator.
Thus, it can be understood that humans and other living beings live like Brahma, the creator.
They absorb everything into themselves during sleep and when they wakeup, they re-create everything including themselves.
The supreme god exists in all of us, making us go through the process of creation and absorption everyday.
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