Dreams

[Guest guest]

One day baba said that dreams are very helpful in analysis. But how can

I analyse them? I have them but I forget much of them at times(within a

day or two or sometimes sooner than that) and I am never able to

understand them but also I think that its very important sometimes to

analyse them as it might help a great deal.

Any suggestions?

[Guest guest]

, " i_free_spirit " <i_free_spirit

 

Hello i-free-spirit,

 

The easiest way to remember dreams is to keep a journal of dreams.

As soon as you get up get, after remembering god, sit down to write

whatever you can remember into this journal, date it and time it also

so that anytime of the year you can have access to it.

 

Regards

 

Sudhakar

 

HARI OM TAT SAT. Cheers! )

 

I_free_spirit wrote >

> One day baba said that dreams are very helpful in analysis. But how

can

> I analyse them? I have them but I forget much of them at times(within

[Guest guest]

, " i_free_spirit " <i_free_spirit

wrote:

>

> One day baba said that dreams are very helpful in analysis. But

how can

 

Dear Aradhana, i will re-post on dreams...just have patience and

after reading all the parts... question about them.

 

Dreams are certainly an integral part of our life and as per men of

science, the dreams are due to :-

 

1) Settling of mind's memory to re-arrange the emotions and their

outcomes properly in different categories; or

 

2) to bring out our hidden desires and fulfil them at sub-conscious

level

 

Some also say that the dreams occur to tell us about our past

lives/future lives or to warn us of any forthcoming calamity..or

just to keep the mind busy in sleep.

 

Well dream have always fascinated me and I can say that my

treading on the path of sadhana and birth of this group called

sadhana was due to dreams, will not be a false claim. I will

say , " I believe that all the explanations of dreams are true and

together they make an iota of the truth of dreams. "

 

We see dreams because our Anthakarna (innerself) goes to the

astral/causal plane during sleep and as I wrote in one of my

earlier posts, sleep is just like samadhi, the only and the biggest

difference being the Guna bringing samadhi or sleep. In samadhi,

we are over-powered by Sat-guna and we see visions and in sleep we

are over powered by Tam-guna and we see dreams. It is also a fact

that we visit the plane of Astral consciousness during the Samadhi

and sleep…the only difference being the guna which is our guide on

the astral plane.

 

Lucid Dreaming is becoming very popular among the psychiatrists and

they have found many fascinating facts about dreaming…not covered

by science (but by our religion).

 

What is lucid dreaming - A dream where you are seeing a dream but

you are aware that you are watching a dream. There are different

stages of Lucid dreams, but once when we start seeing Lucid dreams,

we can safely say, we are treading into the path of Sadhna. Some

people have inborn capabitlites of going into Lucid dreams without

any sadhana, they observe Lucid dreams. I would say…it is due to

their sadhana in the previous birth….but one thing is sure those who

see Lucid dreams, are certainly higher souls than those who do not …

notwithstanding the social status, brain development or sadhana.

 

In a normal dream, our body numbs (and sleeps)…our faculties are

out of our control…and Tamo guna taking over us..our Viveka

(intelligence) loses power to distinguish/control the Vrittis

(thought waves) and we helplessly see what our mind is doing with

the thought-waves, or how it is reacting to them. But if we are on

the path of sadhna…and have acquired some proficiency….Slowly

Tamoguna is replaced by Satoguna..and our viveka remains with us even

while dreaming. It is here when Lucid dreaming starts. We become

master of dreams…we consciously react to a thought wave and work out

on it.

 

In Lucid dreaming we do not act like a mere Saakshi (spectator) or

a slave…but like a master of our own dreams.

 

In the first stages of Lucid dreaming, we only become aware that we

are watching a dream. We do not have actual control over the

happenings of the dream. We know we are afraid or happy over a

situtation and we know that this is a temporary phase and soon we

will wake up and this will go. This type of Lucid dreaming can be

even without doing any sadhana (due to last birth sadhana)….but

with continued sadhna we can shift our consciousness to second stage

of Lucid dreaming…where we become the master of our dreams…where

miracles happen!!!

 

( will be continued...)

[Guest guest]

, " i_free_spirit " <i_free_spirit

wrote:

>

> I have them but I forget much of them at times(within a

> day or two or sometimes sooner than that)

Any suggestions?

>

 

Dear sister

 

I was just thinking about this the other day, so thankyou for

reminding me again. I used to write all my dreams down first thing in

the morning, but haven't done this for a long time. It is my

intention to start this again.

 

I think writing them down is a good habit to get into. They may not

make sense the morning after, but often when you look back on a few

of them in succession, the picture becomes clearer. Get yourself a

lovely note book with blank pages, so that writing them down is not a

chore, but a pleasure. You could even sketch pictures alongside them -

I feel sure you have a creative streak. :-) Enjoy your dreams my

sister!

 

With love

 

Farah

[Guest guest]

, " spbyoga9 " <spbyoga9 wrote:

>

> , " i_free_spirit " <i_free_spirit@>

>

> The easiest way to remember dreams is to keep a journal of dreams.

> As soon as you get up get, after remembering god, sit down to write

 

Sudhakar and Farah's suggestion is really very useful. always keep

a diary near the bed and first thing in the morning, write what ever

dream you saw.

 

I have been noting down my dreams from 1999 onwards...and some

dreams which looked useless that time...proved valuable information

after 3/4 years.

 

studying the dream diary after some time, gives us an understanding

of the pattern of our dreams...and we can know how our mind is

working or what it is trying to tell us through dreams...I have

written meaning of some common dreams of sadhakas in my earlier post.

 

AUM

[Guest guest]

>Thanks baba, Sudhakar and Farah . Actually I was talking about dreams

of God only and not all dreams.

 

Farah your idea is great. Thanks dear. I will buy a cute diary maybe

for that.:-)But I forget half of the dreams as soon as I wake up. And I

remember only the very short ones. But perhaps its better to write the

dreams as much as you remember than to forget them totally. Some of

them are so beautiful and worth cherishing at least.Thanks

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

 

I must share 2 dreams that I had recently;

 

I am a devotee of Sai Baba,amongst others.

Exactly 3 weeks ago on a Thursday I dreamt (quite vividly) that Sai baba dressed in white clothes was sitting at a distance, The rest of the dream I am unable to remember.

 

After this dream, I though that I should visit a nearby Sai Temple the next Thursday, which I did and to my pleasant surprise I saw that Sai Baba was again dressed in white similar to what I had dreamt. .

 

Just 2 days back,I had another dream that there was a concrete structure lying in front of me and it was filled with Baba's 'bibhuti or 'udi' and I felt as if I did not know what to do, Again I do not remember my entire dream.

 

I am just wondering how do I interpret these two dreams.

I shall be thankful if some one can help me to unravel these two dreams.

 

regards,

 

Neela

On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:29 AM, rajarshi14 <rajarshi14 wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

Dear AllI wanted to share an experince I had with everyone. Since the time I had been doing homa on a regular basis I had first started off with an iron kunda, then an aluminium and finally shifted to a copper

homa kunda. And in each cases, I could feel some very papable effects.When I was doing it in an iron kunda for some days I would often get singed in the flames. Once it was to quite an extent, such taht I

had problems in walking for a few days. This was after I had used the iron kunda for consequetive homas for some days.Then I changed it and started using an Aluminuim kunda which became dark and black with use. I had been using this aluminum kunda for

about a month and half regularly when some strange things started happening. There used to be some sort of infestation of incests in my pooja room. One day I found a scorpion in my room! This was quite strange since I had been living there for many months and now and

never have I seen any before. Then came spiders. Now I am generally scared of spiders. This had a strange psychological effect on my mind, such that one day when I closed my eyes to meditate infront of the fire, I could just see spiders all around. And strangest of all,

within a few days I got bitten by one! Never had I or anyone else I knew, had known that spiders can bite. But this is a fact, cause I went through it and it is quite painful. It sort of left a small gaping wound on my neck.

Then finally I shifted to a copper kunda and all such incidents stopped. Infact after using a copper kunda for sometime it created a marked feeling of lightness and joy. Very distinct and papable.Of course if someone takes a hard rational stance, all this can be

put down to coincidence. But I personally do not think so. Infact these just proved the truth of Narasimhajis advice. Copper kundas are the best. Iron can increase effects of Shani in a person's life and sadhana. And Aluminium I believe is Rahu. The homa agni just

amplified the effects.-RegardsRajarshi

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

I believe sain baba's birthday is today or it was y'day.

 

I have no idea how to interpret dreams but in your case if i were

you, i would have increased my Spiritual Sadhana.

 

I think you can consider your dreams as blessings from a great saint

and he might be indicating you to intensify your devotion.

 

Happy Sain Jayanti & Christ Jayanti

 

Best Regards,

 

Utpal

 

 

, " Dr. Neela Mukherjee "

<neelamukherjee wrote:

>

> Dear All,

>

> I must share 2 dreams that I had recently;

>

> I am a devotee of Sai Baba,amongst others.

> Exactly 3 weeks ago on a Thursday I dreamt (quite vividly) that

Sai baba

> dressed in white clothes was sitting at a distance, The rest of

the dream I

> am unable to remember.

>

> After this dream, I though that I should visit a nearby Sai Temple

the next

> Thursday, which I did and to my pleasant surprise I saw that Sai

Baba was

> again dressed in white similar to what I had dreamt. .

>

> Just 2 days back,I had another dream that there was a concrete

structure

> lying in front of me and it was filled with Baba's 'bibhuti

or 'udi' and I

> felt as if I did not know what to do, Again I do not remember my

entire

> dream.

>

> I am just wondering how do I interpret these two dreams.

> I shall be thankful if some one can help me to unravel these two

dreams.

>

> regards,

>

> Neela

>

> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:29 AM, rajarshi14 <rajarshi14

wrote:

>

> > Dear All

> >

> > I wanted to share an experince I had with everyone. Since the

time I

> > had been doing homa on a regular basis I had first started off

with

> > an iron kunda, then an aluminium and finally shifted to a copper

> > homa kunda. And in each cases, I could feel some very papable

> > effects.

> >

> > When I was doing it in an iron kunda for some days I would often

get

> > singed in the flames. Once it was to quite an extent, such taht I

> > had problems in walking for a few days. This was after I had used

> > the iron kunda for consequetive homas for some days.

> >

> > Then I changed it and started using an Aluminuim kunda which

became

> > dark and black with use. I had been using this aluminum kunda for

> > about a month and half regularly when some strange things started

> > happening. There used to be some sort of infestation of incests

in

> > my pooja room. One day I found a scorpion in my room! This was

quite

> > strange since I had been living there for many months and now and

> > never have I seen any before. Then came spiders. Now I am

generally

> > scared of spiders. This had a strange psychological effect on my

> > mind, such that one day when I closed my eyes to meditate

infront of

> > the fire, I could just see spiders all around. And strangest of

all,

> > within a few days I got bitten by one! Never had I or anyone

else I

> > knew, had known that spiders can bite. But this is a fact, cause

I

> > went through it and it is quite painful. It sort of left a small

> > gaping wound on my neck.

> >

> > Then finally I shifted to a copper kunda and all such incidents

> > stopped. Infact after using a copper kunda for sometime it

created a

> > marked feeling of lightness and joy. Very distinct and papable.

> >

> > Of course if someone takes a hard rational stance, all this can

be

> > put down to coincidence. But I personally do not think so. Infact

> > these just proved the truth of Narasimhajis advice. Copper kundas

> > are the best. Iron can increase effects of Shani in a person's

life

> > and sadhana. And Aluminium I believe is Rahu. The homa agni just

> > amplified the effects.

> >

> > -Regards

> > Rajarshi

> >

> >

> >

>