A Quick Note & Excerpts About Sleeping (& Dreaming) July 27, 2024
Posted by ajoyfulpractice in Books, Changing Perspectives, Dharma, Faith, Healing Stories, Health, Hope, Life, Meditation, Music, Mysticism, One Hoop, Peace, Philosophy, Religion, Wisdom, Yoga.Tags: dreams, National Sleepy Head Day, sleep, sleeping, Yoga Sutra 1.10, Yoga Sutra 1.38, Yoga Sutra 2.20
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Many blessings to everyone and especially to the “sleepyheads” and anyone dreaming of and working for peace, freedom, and wisdom — especially when it gets hot (inside and outside). Stay hydrated, y’all!
Yoga Sūtra 1.10: abhāvapratyayālambanā tamovrittirnidrā
— “[Deep or dreamless] Sleep is the mental activity based on the absence of other mental content.”
Do you remember your dreams? Are they vivid? Even more importantly, do you consider your dreams?
Over the last couple of days, I have had several conversations about dreams and the idea that they are the way all the different parts of of mind (conscious, subconscious, and unconscious) communicate with each other. I don’t sleep on my dreams. I am of the mindset that we work out things in our dreams that we haven’t quite worked out in our waking hours. To be clear, that doesn’t preclude dreams of a mystical nature. However, regardless of the source of our dreams, Yoga Sūtra 2.20 signifies that the things we dream are things our mind/intellect believes we will understand. In other words, we show ourselves things we think we will understand — and we do it for a reason.
Consider that idea for a moment. What if what we dream is what we need to understand in order to move through the world with more ease and grace, more freedom and fulfillment?
Now, click on the excerpt titles below to find out about National Sleepy Head Day (in Finland).
Yoga Sūtra 1.38: svapna nidrā jñānālambanaṁ
— “Or by meditating on the knowledge gained from dreams and sleep, one acquires stability of mind.”
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Saturday’s playlist available on YouTube and Spotify. [Look for “07272021 National Sleepy Head Day”]
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