Dreams -VI; Pujya Gurudev

Dreams - Linkage between the visible and the invisible worlds

=Pt.ShriRam Sharma Acharya

The source of all knowledge, all activities and manifestations of the visible world  as we experience it, lie in the subtle, unseen world, which is beyond the reach of our perception. The gross body of a tree is seen but its roots lie beneath the surface of earth. The strength, greenery and fructification of the tree depend upon how strong and deep are its roots. The same may be true of the trees of our lives, too. Usually our mind remains engrossed within the peripheries of selfish interests and passions. It therefore experiences only the dreams driven by the tamoguna. That is why our dreams are most often vague and abrupt or haphazard expressions of suppressed desires. 
When the condition of our body and mind is dominated by the rajoguna, one would experience active dreams and the things and persons encountered in the awakened state would appear in the dreams with slightly rhetoric transformations.

The subconscious reflections of the bodily conditions  including those caused by internal disorders (disease)  are also experienced in such dreams. The divine or supernormal dreams reflecting the transcendental realities are experienced in the turiyavastha, when the aroused influence of satoguna overcomes the raja and tama. In this state the human mind gets an opportunity of direct linkage with the soul-spirit. Precognitive dreams, the dreams offering extrasensory knowledge and clairvoyance fall in this category of higher-level dreams. A distinct class of such dreams is the tejas swapna (enlightened dreams), which, as described in the Paramhansa Parivrajak Upanishad, are perfect reflections of truth. These are exactly materialized in the future. 

The gross or the visible world we live in acquires its energy and life from the subliminal world. Understanding this fact helps towards orientation of our mental and bodily activities in harmony with Nature and the Omnipresent Consciousness. This helps arousing the deeper potentials of our mind and heralds the possibility of attaining vibrant health and supernormal talents. 
The refinement and spiritual enlightenment of the inner self with the help of sincere endeavors of yoga sadhanas can establish a harmonious linkage between the subliminal and the gross worlds of life. 
Gnostic dreams serve this purpose, to some extent, from time to time.

Thanks GOD, Thanks Sadguru,

Shiv Sharma