Vedanta - Daydream All the Time?
CHANDER GUPTA
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The conscious represents the present, the unconscious is reflected in dreams, and the subconscious is part of daydreaming. Daydreaming consists of memories, drama of desires, emotional undercurrents and fantasies. When we are asleep, our unconscious makes its presence felt in dreams.Our dreams are a clue to our unconscious; they are not without meaning. Dreams are involuntary . We do not have control over what we see when we are asleep as they arise from our unconscious and so they indicate the state of our unconscious. But when you are awake, you daydream.How much of your time is spent in daydreaming?
Some amount of daydream ing is desirable, just like salt in food and sugar in beverages.But would you relish too much of either salt or sug ar? Probably not, because any excess only spoils the taste and makes food unpalatable. So is the case with daydreaming.
When you sleep, your unconscious becomes awake. When you are awake, the conscious tends to go dormant as the subconscious buzz puts your conscious to sleep. As long as your subconscious is active, you can't change. Your subconscious imprisons you in the status quo, in the past. Quality of life depends upon how conscious you are, how awake you are, how much aware you are.
How to attain the conscious state? By coming out of the subconscious. Do you spend a lot of time daydreaming: fantasising, recalling memories, enacting drama of desires, worrying, regretting? Which state of mind -the conscious or the subconscious -is dominant when you are awake?
Some amount of daydream ing is desirable, just like salt in food and sugar in beverages.But would you relish too much of either salt or sug ar? Probably not, because any excess only spoils the taste and makes food unpalatable. So is the case with daydreaming.
When you sleep, your unconscious becomes awake. When you are awake, the conscious tends to go dormant as the subconscious buzz puts your conscious to sleep. As long as your subconscious is active, you can't change. Your subconscious imprisons you in the status quo, in the past. Quality of life depends upon how conscious you are, how awake you are, how much aware you are.
How to attain the conscious state? By coming out of the subconscious. Do you spend a lot of time daydreaming: fantasising, recalling memories, enacting drama of desires, worrying, regretting? Which state of mind -the conscious or the subconscious -is dominant when you are awake?
