Adhikarana I — God creates the dream-world

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Vishaya: In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (IV., 3. 9-12) we have the following:

And there are two states for that person, the one here in this world, the other in the other world, and as a third an intermediate state, the state of sleep. When in that intermediate state, he sees both these states together, the one here in this world, and the other in the other world. Now whatever his admission to the other world may be, having gained that admission he sees both the evils and the blessings.

And when he falls asleep, then after having taken away with him the material from the whole world, destroying and building it up again, he sleeps (dreams) by his own light. In that state the person is self-illuminated.

There are no real chariots in that state, no horses, no roads, but he himself sends forth (creates) chariots, horses and roads. There are no blessings there, no happiness, no joys, but he himself sends forth (creates) blessings, happiness and joys. There are no tanks there, no lakes, no rivers, but he himself sends forth (creates) tanks, lakes and rivers. He indeed is the maker. On this there are these verses:

«After having subdued by sleep all that belongs to the body, he, not asleep himself, looks down upon the sleeping senses. Having assumed light, he goes again to his place, the golden person, the lonely bird».

«Guarding with the breath (Prana life) the lower nest, the immortal one goes wherever he likes, the golden person, the lonely bird».

Doubt: Now arises the doubt whether this dream-creation of chariots, etc., is the work of the human soul or the creation of the Supreme Self?

Purvapaksha: The dream is the creation of the soul, for the saying of Prajapati in the Chhandogya Upanishad (VIII., 7. 1,) shows that the human soul also has the power of creating by mere will-force, and has its Sankalpa true, i.e., has the power of realising all its wishes.

Siddhanta: The human soul is not the creator of the dream-world, as is shown by the following Sutra.

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