Testing The Dream State And Wakefulness

We are consciousness, and nothing else. Thinking we are something ‘else’ is just a confused idea of self that has an attitude. It is rare that we test our attitude-self which is, in reality, a dream state.

When we (consciousness) are either occupied or vacant, we are in an altered state of mind. The shock of knowing the difference between being awake and dreaming is enlightening.

Ordinarily, thinking is a regurgitation of memories; it’s a cyclic existence, where we are stuck in a certain frame of mind, assuming that we cannot change. And so we are destined to repeat the same words and reactions. That is ‘Living the Dream’ and, through insecurity, we maintain this state.

Having realised that we are consciousness, our thinking is now an immediate response to a momentary experience just gone. That is wakefulness that does not rely on the past memories and spurious facts that make us insecure.

We can see this clearly in meditation. It is important to be able to practise being bound by a mind projection, and then letting go:

Conjure up a thought about some thing or person. Notice the details you go into – you have just created and been lost in a dream state. Now stop and let go. Just be aware. Notice that thing or person has gone. In fact, it never existed; it was all in the dream state of your mind.

That clarity of realisation awakens divine splendour.