We live in a dream

We live in a dream,
and the dream doesn’t even exist.
So how do we end this non-existent dream?

 In a dream, all things can appear to happen: the trick is to recognise that all appearances come and go. If we hold onto the appearances, the dream is maintains.

The law of karma is unfailing. If we react, it only serves to make the dream seem real. Our reactions leave an imprint in the mind, creating our view of the world and our personality within it.

 The concepts we hold dear about ourselves and the world around us are trapped in what is called, in Sanskrit, the alaya – the eighth consciousness. The contents of the alaya are known as the alaya-vijnana (the imprints of karmic reactions).

 The alaya-vijnana weaves the fabric of the dream-state. When the alaya-vijnana is exhausted, the alaya itself collapses. The result: enlightenment – we wake up – end of the dream.

 Until then,
we smile and bear it.
The karmic show we created
has to play itself out.
A karmic coil to be unwound.