"At that time the Buddha gave a gradual instruction to the householder Upali (the Royal barber from the low caste) on giving, morality, heaven, finding fault with carelessness, no longer being engrossed with sensual pressures, and the merits of renunciation. Upali's mind was ready, supple, free from hindrances, exuberant, and dedicated, and so the Buddha proclaimed the teachings of all the Buddhas, that is, suffering, the cause of suffering, the end of suffering and the path to the end of suffering."

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Am I Dreaming?


Let me get this straight, every night each and every one of us closes our eyes, falls asleep, and dreams. In these dreams, which most of us will forget in the morning, we experience a dream world that includes individuals, objects, emotions, sensations, all very similar to our waking world? In the dream we experience an illusionary existence created by our mind, so strong at times we feel pain in the dream, experience love in the dream, and when we were younger enjoyed sex in our dreams. The entire dream is but a projection of mind, a movie of sort where sometimes you participate and other times you observe.
The only difference between dream consciousness and day consciousness is in one state your eyes are closed, the other your eyes are open, but both are truly dreams.

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