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\nSleep
\nand Dreams<\/font><\/span><\/i><\/b>  <\/span><\/p>\n

SLEEP AND REST<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

I was sleeping but woke up exactly when it
\nwas time to attend classes. Was it the Divine who woke me up? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Not necessarily.
\nThere is always a part of the subconscient<\/span> which is
\nawake, and it is sufficient to have the will to wake up at a certain hour to
\nmake this part awaken you. <\/span><\/p>\n

3 March 1933<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I would like to know why I had such a
\ndisturbed night. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Obviously you did
\nnot quiet your thoughts before going to sleep. At the time of lying down one
\nshould always begin by quieting one\u2019s thoughts. <\/span><\/p>\n

28 January 1935<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

I can never sleep on the night before Darshan<\/span>. People say it is a lack of balance. But on the
\ncontrary I feel it is because of Your<\/span> awakening
\npresence. I do not feel any disturbance. I think it is all right. Isn\u2019t this
\ntrue? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

To pass a
\nsleepless night once in a while, every three or four months, does not matter
\nmuch, provided that the rest of the time you sleep well. <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 140<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I advise you to sleep well and to
\ntake enough rest. This is indispensable in order to be able to keep doing the
\nwork regularly and well. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>My blessings are always with you. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Sleep is the school one must pass
\nthrough if one knows how to learn one\u2019s lesson there, so that the inner being
\nmay become independent of the physical form, conscious in its own right and
\nmaster of its own life. There are entire parts of the being that need this
\nimmobility and semi-consciousness of the outer being, of the body, in order to
\nbe able to lead their own life independently. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It is another school for another
\nresult, but it is still a school. If one wants to achieve the maximum possible
\nprogress, one must know how to make use of one\u2019s nights just as one makes use
\nof one\u2019s days. Only, people usually have no idea how to go about it; they try
\nto stay awake and all they achieve is a physical and vital imbalance, and
\nsometimes a mental one too. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Sleep is indispensable in the
\npresent state of the body. It is by a progressive control over the subconscient<\/span> that the sleep can become more and more
\nconscious. <\/span><\/p>\n

25 January 1938<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I know by experience that it is not
\nby lessening the food that sleep becomes conscious; the body becomes restless
\nbut this in no way increases the consciousness. It is in good, sound and quiet
\nsleep that one can get in contact with a deeper part of oneself. <\/span><\/p>\n

4 August 1937<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 141<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I hope that soon you will completely
\nrecover and that you will not feel tired any more. But are you eating enough?
\nSometimes it is hunger that keeps one from sleeping. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>My blessings are always with you. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Proper rest is a very important
\nthing for the sadhana<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

2 March 1942<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>You must rest −<\/i> but a rest of concentrated
\nforce<\/i>, not of diluted non-resistance to the adverse forces. A rest that is a power<\/i>,
\nnot the rest of weakness.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

To Rest Before<\/span> Sleeping<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>There is no end to the discoveries
\nthat you can make in dreams. But one thing is very important: never go to sleep
\nwhen you are very tired, for if you do, you fall into a sort of unconsciousness
\nand dreams do with you whatever they like, without your being able to exercise
\nthe least control. Just as you should always rest before eating, I would advise
\nyou all to rest before going to sleep. But then you must know how to rest. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>There are many ways of doing it.
\nHere is one: first of all, put your body at ease, comfortably stretched out on
\na bed or in an easy-chair. Then try to relax your nerves, all together or one
\nby one, till you have obtained complete relaxation. This done, and while your
\nbody lies limp like a rag on the bed, make your brain silent and immobile, till
\nit is no longer conscious of itself. Then slowly, imperceptibly, pass from this
\nstate into sleep. When you wake up the next morning, you will be full of
\nenergy. On the contrary, if you go to bed completely tired and  <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 142<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n

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without<\/span><\/span> relaxing yourself, you will fall into a
\nheavy, dull and unconscious sleep in which the vital will lose all its
\nenergies. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It is possible that you may not
\nobtain an immediate result, but persevere. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

For some time I have had trouble sleeping
\ndue to inner and outer turmoil. I pray to You<\/span> to help
\nme. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Before trying to
\nsleep, when you lie down to sleep, begin by relaxing yourself physically (I
\ncall this becoming a rag on the bed). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Then with all the sincerity at your
\ndisposal, offer yourself to the Divine in a complete relaxation, and\u2026 that\u2019s
\nall. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Keep trying until you succeed and
\nyou will see. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Blessings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

March 1969 <\/span><\/i> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

DREAMS<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Usually I give no \u201cmeaning\u201d to
\ndreams, because each one has his own symbolism which has a meaning only for
\nhimself. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I will speak of certain details in
\nthis connection, next time we meet. Until then I shall keep the papers with me.
\n(Sri Aurobindo<\/span> and myself<\/span>
\nalone will see them.) <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>In the first dream we can take the
\ntheatre as the symbol of this world where all is a play − the appearance
\nof something and not the thing itself. Here the kings and queens are not such <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 143<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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because<\/span><\/span> of an inner and divine right but as a
\nresult of the confusion of circumstances and birth. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I suppose the obstacles which were
\nstanding in the way of your joining me represent the difficulties (inner and
\nouter) which are to be overcome in order to realise<\/span>
\nthe union with the true consciousness. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The second dream seems to be an
\nembodiment of old impressions left in the subconscient<\/span>
\nof social surroundings and your reactions to them. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>In the third the train is, as
\nalways, an image of the way and the journey towards the goal. The sets of
\npeople are the various groups (secret societies etc.) that have been formed for
\nthis purpose. The one you were supposed to join was the society to which you
\nbecame attached − composed of the boys who were with you at your first
\n\u201cschool\u201d; the image is clear, but an association which you did not feel to be
\ndefinitive. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Both of these dreams (are they only
\ndreams?) are of a quality far superior to the former ones. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The first seems to be one of those
\nsymbolic transcriptions of the inner condition and action which one so often gets
\nin sleep. What appears to me most clear is how pointedly this dream shows the
\nlack of any true ground for the apprehension you felt while swimming (the fear
\nof not being able to reach the goal). For the protection showered from the
\nshore to be reached brings you there even when in appearance conditions or
\ncircumstances seem to be driving you away from it. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>To say exactly what the motor
\nlaunches stand for is difficult in the absence of details. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The second is certainly not a dream
\nbut a reality, a very charming expression of the reality of the constant
\npresence of Sri Aurobindo<\/span> and of his help given
\nthrough an intimate and true relation, even though veiled to the outer
\nconsciousness.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/span>Page – 144<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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This <\/span>is<\/span><\/span> a precious experience worth being kept in
\nthe most sacred corner of the remembrance. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The
\nsix couches<\/i>: the seats, basis of the powers of creation (6). One still
\noccupied by the titanic forces (the last, most material one). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The
\nservant<\/i>: who showed us the way through the \u201clabyrinth\u201d, gave us some food
\nand even a smoky light (torch, very poor) to find our way in the dark, the
\nlower nature; she asked to be paid for her services, saying that the \u201cother
\ngentleman\u201d (titan) was always paying her. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The
\nplace<\/i>: some vital layer in the physical consciousness. <\/span><\/p>\n

20 February 1932<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

It was Darshan<\/span>
\nday. You were there with Sri Aurobindo<\/span>. I ran into
\nSri Aurobindo\u2019s<\/span> arms. He caressed me with much joy,
\nsaying that he had come to raise me up. I was on his lap. You also caressed me
\ngently, saying one of the prayers I sent you. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

This dream is the
\nresult of a psychic impression which rose to the surface during sleep. <\/span><\/p>\n

19 March 1936<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Generally I try to remember you at least
\nonce at the time of sleep. I wonder why such foul dreams visit me then, when I
\nshould have dreamed of you. Any guidance from you to avert the evil will be
\nwelcome if you would graciously grant me sufficient will and power to follow
\nit.<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 145<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

Keep constantly
\nand sincerely in you the will to conquer. <\/span><\/p>\n

          <\/span>Blessings.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

20 July 1947<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

One can learn much
\nby controlling one\u2019s dreams.  <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 146<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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