Dreams -III ; Pujya Gurudev

Dreams - Linkage between the visible and the invisible worlds

=Pt.ShriRamSharma Acharya

Dreams of spiritually enlightened minds carry premonition, afflatus, or messages of great importance. Some people are born with spiritually charged mind because of their dedicated spiritual endeavors in the past lives. Some develop these by disciplined control and purification of their mind and character. The dreams seen by such people in yoga-nidra, trance or deep sleeps are of significant importance. Spiritual dreams are expressions of afflatus and the subliminal voice of the inner self.

Ample examples are available in the annals of history where great discoveries, divine illumination of the intellect, emergence of intuitive ideas, resolution of mysteries, realization of latent powers, etc amazingly became possible because of dreams. Sometimes, the divine inspirations educed by such dreams lead to sublime transformation of ordinary mortal beings into saints, mahatmas or great personalities of supernatural talents. Young prince Siddharth once dreamt that a divine soul had taken him to a graveyard. Pointing to a dead body the latter warned  "Look this is your body. Realize the perishable nature of the body and the transient nature of life and hence make the best use of the moments of life available to you now" Siddharth was truly awakened after this dream. He renounced all luxuries and attachments and attained ultimate knowledge thereafter through ascetic disciplines and sadhana of the highest order. 

Thus, a dream sparked the transmutation of Siddharth into The Buddha. 
Joan of Arc  the crowning glory of the French Revolution was born in an ordinary farmers family. In her dream one night, an angel reminded her to  remember the great purpose of life, listen to the call of the times and kindle the torch of liberation". 

This message became the source of light and courage in her life and triggered her immortal participation in the French freedom movement with superhuman bravery. Some of the dreams of Tipu Sultan, the intrepid king of Mysore also have significant place in history. He often used to be amazed by the intimations of future events given by his dreams. It became his habit to note down his experiences in a diary. 

Thanks GOD, Thanks Sadguru,

Shiv Sharma