Passage 4

In English

In the night, during a dream, we feel that we are travelling in a dense forest, and that we have slept on a hard rock. At that time, what you see appears to be truth to you. You wake up from that sleep, the entire world of the dream disappears altogether. The experience which you have during the dream is a truth at the time of the dream. The experience which you have during the waking state is a truth during the waking state. In a dream, it is not possible for us to recognise anything relating to the waking state. In the waking state, it is not possible for us to recognise anything relating to the dreaming state. In the waking state, there is no dream. In the dreaming state, there is no awareness of the waking state. But in both these states, the dreaming state and the waking state, the life-force in you, which is described by you as ‘I,’ is commonly present.