स्वप्नावस्था में दृष्टा स्वयं अकेला ही होता है | अपने भीतर की कल्पना के आधार पर सिंह, सियार, भेड़, बकरी, नदी, नगर, बाग-बगीचे की एक पूरी सृष्टि का सर्जन कर लेता है | उस सृष्टि में स्वयं एक जीव बन जाता है और अपने को सबसे अलग मानकर भयभीत होता है | खुद शेर है और खुद ही बकरी है | खुद ही खुद को डराता है | चालू स्वप्न में सत्य का भान न होने से दुःखी होता है | स्वप्न से जाग जाये तो पता चले कि स्वयं के सिवाय और कोई था ही नहीं | सारा प्रपंच कल्पना से रचा गया था | इसी प्रकार यह जगत जाग्रत के द्वारा कल्पित है, वास्तविक नहीं है | यदि जाग्रत का दृष्टा अपने आत्मस्वरूप में जाग जाये तो उसके तमाम दुःख-दारिद्रय पल भर में अदृश्य हो जायें |
Though the person is alone in dream, he creates a whole world of animals, gardens, parks and situation with his imagination. He himself takes on different forms and perceiving them as separate entities, experiences fear and anxiety. Though the fact remains that he is the lion and he himself is the goat in the dream yet he ends up frightening himself. As long as the dream continues, he is unaware of the reality and thus becomes sorrowful. On waking up, he realizes that there was none other than himself. The entire dream world was but a projection of his own imagination. Similarly in this world, in the waking state, is the projection of the viewer’s imagination in the waking state, and not the ultimate reality. If the viewer awakens to his True self, all his sufferings of this illusory world will disappear instantaneously.
Though the person is alone in dream, he creates a whole world of animals, gardens, parks and situation with his imagination. He himself takes on different forms and perceiving them as separate entities, experiences fear and anxiety. Though the fact remains that he is the lion and he himself is the goat in the dream yet he ends up frightening himself. As long as the dream continues, he is unaware of the reality and thus becomes sorrowful. On waking up, he realizes that there was none other than himself. The entire dream world was but a projection of his own imagination. Similarly in this world, in the waking state, is the projection of the viewer’s imagination in the waking state, and not the ultimate reality. If the viewer awakens to his True self, all his sufferings of this illusory world will disappear instantaneously.