Hello sir, Thanks for your reply.What u have sated in 2nd point is absolutely right.Its not only abt my cousin coming in dreams but also has to do with many other things.Most of the time i don't have a sound sleep,some or the other things keep coming in dreams(good,bad,or something which means nothing ),now i realised that my dreams has to do more with what i think bfore sleeping. As suggested by u,i'll listen to VishnuSahasranamaa .i always pray god(specially anjaneyar) bfore going to bed. It was very kind of you for having taken time and giving such a good clarification. Thanks again. regards Sripriya Ravi Kumar. s.ramachandran@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: Respected madam: With reference to queries, 1. dreams occur due a variety of reasons one among them being that as Shri Tatachar has indicated subconsciousness/unconscious levels getting "activated" when the mind is done with its mundane, day-to-day affairs and the senses are all withdrawn and there is a state of 'pratyahara' (depriving the sense organs of normal perception inputs of the material/external world). Typically this occurs in the night when the mind goes into a torpor state and the eyes and body through involuntary reflexes tends to wind down for sleep and rest. During the day/active state when we are in office, travelling, partying, eating, talking, watching tv etc. the 5 sense organs are engaged in a flurry of constant activity. Almost every impression is dutifully recorded in the brain in its various layers to be played out at the appropriate time. When the constant superficial activity ceases, lights are dimmed, sounds cease, then in the calmness, especially being Tamas time, the unconscious/sub-consciousness starts to awaken. Basically it is all the time struggling to play out but since during the day the sheer force, frequency and speed of activity at the outer level is too much for the subconscious-unconsciousness to reckon with and it get subdued. At night it gets a chance to manifest. 2. Coming specifically to the replay which occured to you. All one can see is (a) you were perhaps close to your cousin and there was a bonding (b) the unfortunate event occured just a year back and time is yet to play its part. One year in comparison to the degree of bonding is too short a time and therefore, perhaps, the replay is taking place, especially when you are asleep and the record of the approaching 'anniversary rituals' is nearing. The apporaching date is in your outer consciousness constantly reminding you of the date/day and since this constant inner proding is dominent, the moment you try to sleep, the first thing the proding digs is its counterpart viz the related and associated impressions, thoughts, emotions and images. One is certain that as time passes this will taper off as newer impressions gather and push back the existing 'fresh' -one year old - impression. However, this will never vanish. The venerated Sage Patanjali in his Yoga Sutra has clearly indicated that memories are foreever and nothing gets erased so to say. Not even at death. 3. As to your query on what happens to 'atma' after death etc. to be frank is practically impossible to answer except perhaps by a very very few highly accomplished acharyas, gurus and elders who are 100% perfect in their practices, anushtanams and who may be safely considered as " aptavachaka". This is obvious because the dead cannot answer and unless one is dead the 'atma's' transition cannot be gauged, percieved, known. 4. your query on whether dreams convey any message. Yes and No. Normally no, but occasionally, depending on the extent of our good karma-accruals, certain symbolic references are known to have occured to various persons portending of coming events. The common refrain "coming events cast a shadow" is in line with this logic. The pre-requisite for this is however, the person is not of a casual caliber but is intently inclined to spiritual pursuits and again is perfect in his/her practices, prayers,worship or whatever it be. For instance, in a family of 5 children and the parents, with the children all living in different cities, married etc. while the parents stayed in their ancesteral house in the village, one of the younger daughter had a dream of a big jackfruit tree gettting uprooted and falling...the next day she got the unfortunate news of her dear father's demise the previous night. It seems that in their ancesteral home there was a big jackfruit tree which though remained upright, reflected perhaps the coming events in the dream of this younger girl signifying perhaps a tragedy. In fact the dream caused fear in her and she could not sleep the whole night. As to why it occured to her and not to the others, there could be a variety of reasons one of them being that she was the 'pet' (chellam) of the father and among the 5 children she was least interested in material pursuits, had had a string of bad time which was patiently borne with a deep spiritual faith in her acharyas and Kula daivam, our dearest Lord Balaji of Tirupati. This trait was singularly missing in all the other children. So you see, while there cannot be a direct scientific proof which can establish this, the facts being beyond the ken of normal human comprehension, but they seem to fit into some sort of logic. 5. Relevance/ necessity : Dreams per se are not a necessity. They are an impediment to our attempts to delve into ourselves and know ourselves better. Moreover, dreams also like sleep is a state when the modifications of 'kleshas' keep on occuring and prevent clarity of perception of the reality through our higher intutition. You need not bother about your cousin's dreams. Before going to sleep, please listen to a particular stanza in that greatest of greatest antidote "VishnuSahasranamaa". There is a particular sloka "uttaarano dushkritihaa punyo duhsvapnanaasanah " (please forgive this writer's atrocious Sanksrit). Say this thrice or at least hear this thrice. The ultimate solution of course is why dabble and think and be busy about 'atma', dreams, soul after death and other things when everything and anything is compressed into the beautiful " Vishnusahasranamaam ". It would at the best take 20 minutes for a CD to run thru. Put it just as you are about to lie down and press the play button. Listen intently with your bone marrow and not with your ears !. As you deeply sink into the rendition, you will see a magic happening. This cannot be described. It would be suffice at this point to just say that the sleep will be absolutely dreamless, blank, utterly refreshing and rejunevating Do not dwell on categorising the dream as bad or good EXTRACTS FROM A MAIL FROM RAVI WHO HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE THE DETAILED MEANING: Stanza 99 "uttaarano dushkritihaa punyo duhsvapnanaasanah veerahaa rakshanah santo jeevanah paryavasthitah" 923. Uttaaranah â??"One who lifts us out of the ocean-of-change." We, by identifying through our body- mind-intellect, with the changing whirls of matter around us, assume to ourselves the changes and these provide us, in their totality, the horrible sorrow of the mortal finitude. On lifting our attention from the giddy changes in these whirls of finite matter, when we fix it upon Him, the one Consciousness that illumines all changes in all living creatures, we get uplifted into a state of Immortality-Changeless, Blissful, Supremely Satisfying. Hence, Sree Narayana is called as the `Up- lifter,' the `Saviour.' The `Taara-mantra' lifts us from the cesspool of sense living into the serener climes of the lit-up peaks of peace and perfection. 924. Dushkritihaa â??`Kriti' means actions; `Dush-kriti' means bad actions. When actions are undertaken, prompted by sensuous desires, they leave impressions (vaasanaas) and these always have a tendency to make us repeat similar actions. When one turns the mind towards Narayana,-the Self, he is emptied of his existing vaasanaas, so Lord is indicated as the `destroyer (Haa) of the sins.' 925. Punyah â??"Supremely Pure." One who purifies the heart of His devotee-removing all his sensehunting vaasanaas of indulgence. Sree Narayana guides the pure-hearted to the portals of the final goal, the Higher Consciousness. 926. Duh-svapna-naasanah â??"One who destroys all `bad dreams'." The worst dream is the samsar. Perception of plurality is the horrible dream of terrible pangs, consuming fears and drowning sorrows. Dreams are explosions of the suppressions stored away in the subconscious. A real devotee exists in utter surrender unto the Lord. When his life is ever-centred in Narayana-smarana, in such total and humble dedication he has no chance of earning these suppressions. Since his sub-conscious mind is not loaded with half-digested thoughts and unexpressed intentions, repressed desires and suppressed motives, immoral passions and covetous inclinations, he has no fearful dreams in his daily sleep. Ultimately each seeker will rise above his little ego and its hungers and enters into the plane of Narayana- Consciousness. Kayena vacha.....sarvam Krishnaarpanam.......Forgive the writer for errors if any Om tat Sat Tat tvam asi --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! 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