Guest guest Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 (from previous post) There are 100s of books available on dream interpretation and all of them are based upon one fact -hidden desires. The explanations given for dreams in those books, may be true for a common person but certainly not for those who are on the path of sadhna. I remember once i saw a horrible dream. I had just started my sadhna and was unaware of its purgatory effects. In a dream i saw myself all burnt and wounded and I was wandering on the streets. all the books I consulted, gave a negative effect of this dream. Incidental Pandit Ashok jee, head Priest of Gangotri temple, visited our house the next day. When he met me he asked what happened why I was so sad. I told him about the dream. His first question was If I am doing some beeja mantra japa. When i asked him the reason for asking this he said," Look dreams have a different meaning if one is on the path of serious sadhna...dreams have different meaning for a sadhaka and a different meaning for those who are not doing sadhna. This particular dream if seen by a non-sadhaka will mean a distressful future, some loses and bad news BUT for a sadhaka, it would mean, old bad karma being burnt...injury to the egoistical body and progress in Sadhna. And his theory was later confirmed by many higher souls whom i met and by my own experiences. Our inner-self, the sakshi present in us watches us one-pointedly and notes all our actions. When we are new on the path, HE sends us certain signals to guide us or warn us on the path. Since we have not yet developed our faculties to receive the signals directly, HE passes these signals to us through visions and dreams. If we are doing any sadhna, we should thus be very open to our dreams. We may get great hints for our sadhna through our dreams. The best way is to keep a note-book and pen handy near the bed, and in the morning, we should make a habit of writing details of any dream we remember. We should write the details of dream, its approximate duration and whether our sleep was disturbed by the dream or not. I have noticed that those dream which come as a signal from our Higher self...always disturb the sleep for some time. It may be due to great joy found in the dream or some shock we got...but we will be disturbed. Soon we will have a record of our dreams and we will be surprised to find how dreams are taking shape, as our sadhna progresses. There are some dreams which have clear signals/indications about our sadhna. Like those who are into shakti sadhna will soon see dreams of lion lionesses or cubs. If the lions are peaceful and are not attacking us...it would denote our shakti japa is going fine and Mother is happy with us...if they attack us it would denote there is some serious fault with our sadhna...mostly concerning purity of thoughts or wrong way of japa. Similarly dream of flying in the air is also seen by most of the sadhaka. For a common man it denotes loses and abortion of plans..but for a sadhaka it means..we are making progress. Dream of flying for a sadhaka occurs when our Tamo guna reduces and pranic body is a little free hence it wanders on the astral planes and we see dreams of flying. However, if we see flying low and seeing roads, buildings farms etc it may denote we are still attached to wordly things and some more Vairagya is required. Many sadhaka see snakes too in early days of sadhna. A snake for a sadhaka denotes bad thought waves. However, if we are doing japa of Shiva Mantra, seeing snakes is a good sign and denotes progress. If we see dreams in which we listen music of Mridungam, conch or sea waves...it is a sure sign of progress. If we see a dream in which we are given some advice by some elderly man/woman...we must follow the advise carefully because it is our higher self which is trying to tell us something. Seeing ourselves Dead in dreams, is a great sign for a sadhaka. This normally denotes that a great leap has been achieved by a sadhaka and soon Universal system will provide us with the second stage of our sadhna. Visiting a temple/holy place by sadhaka denotes there is need of more faith (Shraddha) in his sadhna. Seeing toilets,excreta or any such dirty things by sadhaka means there are some bad vrittis still hiding which are hindering the path of sadhana. so if we start noting down our dreams and keeping an eye over the progress in sadhna, we will soon be able connect our dreams with our sadhna and our progress will be faster..when we start working on these subtle signs and change accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Babaji, Shivaya Nama Aum, With ref to your post on dream interpretation, i would like to clarify certain things. I am not a sadhaka. But i do pranayam for my spinal stress problem, which gives a great remedy from offshoot in blood pressure and mental stress. The main thing is i hear to Thiruvasagam ( Sivapuranam ) regularly and as well repeat the same and get very involved. Usually i hear to this regularly in the early mornings. Now a days i have started hearing this and repeat it when i go to bed before sleep as well ( not regularly but twice or thrice a week when ever i feel like ). On these particular days i dream very badly ( like i get caught doing some crime or losing someone really close to me) and often i remember the dreams next day. ( normally i donot remeber the dreams the next day). another point is on these day i get up very early the next morning around 4 am. ( usually i go to sleep listening to Thiruvasagam around 12 midnight ). Am i all right or is this practice wrong? Answers well come from any members who are knowledged Thanks and Best Regards Senthil. Om shivaya Namaha. thiruchitrambalam. , beirut_ka_baba <no_reply wrote: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 , "senthil_sym" <senthil_sym wrote: > > I am not a sadhaka. > Perhaps by Sadhaka here you mean Regular Sadhak ! because the chanting of Shiva-Purana itself is a sadhna since you do not do it regularly, daily at same time same place, it is broken sadhna. But this Japa is certainly having a positive effect on you (together with the pranayama u do)...because the dreams you mentioned clearly indicate that when you sleep after this japa/reciting, the Kundalini releases a little amount of energy which shakes the chakras and the negativity in them is disturbed, which your mind sees as disturbing dreams ! and since you are not regular, no direct effect is seen. If you start afresh a simple sadhna, regularly, you will in the beginning see many such disturbing dreams, which will subdue slowly with the progress. Seeing disturbing dreams during the beginning days of sadhna is a very good sign with my love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Like Babaji has said, for a Sadhak, seeing bad dreams is actually a good sign. We have lot of small bad Karmas, which are destroyed in dream. So for example if a policeman was to harrass you & steal your money, this will happen in a dream, you will be humiliated, but then you will wake up & find no harm has been done. These dreams happen in the beginning, & may continue for a few years, depending on power of Sadhna. This is a well known fact in Astrology too. Many people get very good Dashas, but see no benefit, as their planets are weak & they get good results in their dreams only. As the Deities like Shiva, Vishnu ,Kali etc are much more powerful than the Planet Lords, they can weaken your bad karma so only get punishment in your dreams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 Hi I frequently have dreams most are mundane but a few are frightning but none have been like this one before the Dreams discussion goes cold i would like to state this particular dream Yes i did once have a dream in which i was dead. The dream started like this .... I was in a different town as my wife and son was not here when i died.. I did not see how i died but i realized i was dead and with out a body.I was not frightened but i was anxious that my wife should come and claim my body and do antimsankar as soon as possible. I knew this would take some time and i wanted it to happen quickly. My body was kept in a sack with a number written in red , i did not see my body or the face but i instintly knew without dought that my body was in that particular sack, Yes there were several other sacks with bodies there but i knew which one was mine automaticly.I did not feel sad at all but got more anxious after visiting the place where the bodies were kept. After this i started keeping watch on every vehical that crossed a bridge over which any one comming to claim the bodies will come to go to the building where the claim has to be made. I was looking out for my wife and relatives to arrive and atlast they did as soon as there jeep came over the bridge i went in and travelled with them.At last the jeep stoped infront of the building where my wife had to do the paper work.My wife got out to go to the building and others went different direction may be to make arrangments.Till now i was quite but now tried to talk to her saying hurry up i am uncomfortable till my body was there and antisanskar not done ..But she(my wife) cold not here what i said and continued walking at this point i felt a bit sad ...and my dream stoped , i woke up. After waking up i was very calm ..and felt fresh as if i am relived of some thing. i was not at all sad or frightened or angry . i sat in bed for soem time thinking about it. Till date i have not told any one about this dream not even my wife as she may feel sad. BR adi beirut_ka_baba <no_reply> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 I suppose the 1st point to consider is, as Babaji has written, do you do any serious Sadhna, as the interpretation of dreams depends largely on the make & spiritual progress of a person? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 Yes , i do shakti beeja mantra japa twice a day for about 1/2 hours daily. br adi shanracer <no_reply> Friday, November 17, 2006 3:34:56 PM Re: Sadhna & Dreams (2) I suppose the 1st point to consider is, as Babaji has written, do you do any serious Sadhna, as the interpretation of dreams depends largely on the make & spiritual progress of a person? Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $310k for $999/mo. Calculate new payment! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 , Aditya Mukhopadhyay <rivu03 wrote: If you are not a regular sadhak, then this dream may mean, your Antakaran is in a real hurry to ride the ladders of spirituality, whereas the karmic debts of the family are stopping you. If you are a regular sadhak and are some exercises which affect kundalini, this dream denotes the death of Negativity from your Muladhara Chakra..hence a good news For pure materialistic people self-dying brings a lot of material benefits...like new house, or promotion/change in job etc. with my love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I think the first case is propably applicable in my case many a times i have felt the urge to do sadhana whole time living in some ashram in himalayas but as i am married with a small son that is not possible even then i do mantra japa almost regularly. Thanks for the insite into dreams br Adi beirut_ka_baba <no_reply> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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