DREAM  AND  REALITY

While dreaming, one does not feel that he is witnessing a dream. During this experience, the dream becomes for him a reality. On waking up, he discovers that he was in the dreamland of fantasy. In other words, the reality of the dream turns out to be false, when he wakes up. When the dream is true, we stand falsified. Out of two experiences, only one can be true.

A child dreams of childhood. A youngman has youthful dreams. During old age, one dreams about that state. Thus the scenes of dreams continue to change but the dreamer does not. Physically man alters, but body is free from dreams.

While witnessing a movie in a cinema hall, we forget that the scene being observed by us is not real. It is just a play of light and shade, more or less. Death of someone in the movie moves us to tears. Under the impact of various scenes, we even feel upset. We weep and laugh. In truth, the scenes grip us so much, that our entire life is spent in scenes. And the Beholder is lost in the process.

When we know the identity of the beholder (Self), all the scenes would merge into dreams. The pervasive universe around us, too, would be a part and parcel of the dream. The husband and wife, friend and foe would be actors of a big play. This world would become a play-stage. But that would happen only when we come to know the beholder, otherwise this play would seem to be a reality. Hence, the need of the hour is to step into the world of reality after stepping out of the dreamland.