The Difference between the Dream State and Wakefulness

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

In the dreaming state one’s consciousness is almost covered, and one sees many inauspicious things, but when he is awakened and fully conscious, such inauspicious things cannot bewilder him.

In the condition of dreaming, when one’s consciousness is almost covered, one may see many unfavorable things which cause disturbance or anxiety, but upon awakening, although he remembers what happened in the dream, he is not disturbed.

Similarly the position of self-realization, or understanding of one’s real relationship with the Supreme Lord, makes one completely satisfied, and the three modes of material nature, which are the cause of all disturbances, cannot affect him. In contaminated consciousness one sees everything to be for his own enjoyment, but in pure consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he sees that everything exists for the enjoyment of the supreme enjoyer. That is the difference between the dream state and wakefulness.

The state of contaminated consciousness is compared to dream consciousness, and Kṛṣṇa consciousness is compared to the awakened stage of life.

Actually, as stated in Bhagavad-gītā, the only absolute enjoyer is Kṛṣṇa. One who can understand that Kṛṣṇa is the proprietor of all the three worlds and that He is the friend of everyone is peaceful and independent. As long as a conditioned soul does not have this knowledge, he wants to be the enjoyer of everything; he wants to become a humanitarian or philanthropist and open hospitals and schools for his fellow human beings. This is all illusion, for one cannot benefit anyone by such material activities.

If one wishes to benefit his fellow brother, he must awaken his dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The Kṛṣṇa conscious position is that of pratibuddha, which means “pure consciousness.”

The Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Twenty-seventh Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Understanding Material Nature.” Text 25

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  1. Pamho agtacbsp, the intelligence is polluted in three ways the three stages the three gunas and the mind being polluted by these stages JAGRITI,SVAPNA AND SUSUPTI , although one is awake jagriti with the senses but one is in deep sleep called susupti and svapna dream even by staying awake , this is the nasty illusion of the three guna I mean one can forget KRSNA forever as nitya baddha such illusion can become eternal for the demons only intoxicate by all this rubbish.then sleeping is dangerous therefore many devotees go to sleep by reciting the NRSIMHA KAVACHA MENTALLY AND WAKE UP BY RECITING THE SNSK. Is a question of practice we got the way out to all the dreams of the mind which are fake that’s why is called illusion and it’s just the mind that keep almost everyone attached to this world of misery and suffering but if we training the mind to store the Vani seva of SSGG we are safe we never trust to the mind again until the mind become pure because we already got cheated by the so called material mind trapped in I mine senses.so just finish to clean the subtly body by keeping chanting the great chanting of liberation because KALI YUGA NAMA RUPAM KRSNA AVATAR we are always with KRSNA through HIS holy name. Agtacbsp ys haribol

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