Category: TSDD Appendix 2 – Dreams

"Q:  But the two, the higher and the lower, Manas are one, are they not?   A:  They are, and yet they are not - and that is the great mystery. The Higher Manas or EGO is essentially divine, and therefore pure; no stain can pollute it, as no punishment can reach it, per se, [...]

"Q:  We are taught that a man can unite all his "principles" into one - what does this mean?   A:  When an adept succeeds in doing this he is a Jivanmukta: he is no more of this earth virtually, and becomes a Nirvanee, who can go into Samadhi at will.   Adepts are generally [...]

"Q:  But do not our minds receive their illuminations direct from the Higher Manas through the Lower? And is not the former the pure emanation of divine Ideation - the "Manasa-Putras", which incarnated in men?   A:  They are.  Individual Manasa-Putras or the Kumaras are the direct radiations of the divine Ideation - "individual" in [...]

"Q:  What distinguishes the "dreaming" memory and imagination from those of waking consciousness?   A:  During sleep the physical memory and imagination are of course passive, because the dreamer is asleep, his memory is asleep, all his functions are dormant and at rest. It is only when they are stimulated, as I told you, that [...]

"Q:  Is the "register" or "tablet of memory" for the true dream-state different from that of waking life?   A:  Since dreams are in reality the actions of the Ego during physical sleep, they are, of course, recorded on their own plane and produce their appropriate effects on this one. But it must be always [...]

(Appendix 2: Dreams)   "Q:  It is difficult to see how the Ego can be acting during the night things which have taken place long ago. Was it not stated that dreams are not subjective?   A.  How can they be subjective when the dream state is itself for us, and on our plane, at [...]

(Appendix 2: Dreams)   Q:  Do not the thoughts of the one impress themselves upon the other?   A:  Not during sleep, at all events; for the real Ego does not think as his evanescent and temporary personality does. During the waking hours the thoughts and Voice of the Higher Ego do or do not [...]

(Appendix 2: Dreams)   "Q:  How do these differ?   A:  The nature and functions of real dreams cannot be understood unless we admit the existence of an immortal Ego in mortal man, independent of the physical body, for the subject becomes quite unintelligible unless we believe - that which is a fact - that [...]

(Appendix 2: Dreams)   "Q:  What are the "principles" which are active during dreams?   A:  The "principles" active during ordinary dreams - which ought to be distinguished from real dreams, and called idle visions - are Kama, the seat of the personal Ego and of desire awakened into chaotic activity by the slumbering reminiscences [...]