If Life is But a Dream, then WHO Dreams It? Perspective of Advaita Vedanta

[@alandunlap4106]

When I was 4 years old, I was walking down the street and I found myself, saying out loud, "I'm really here! I'm really HERE!!" Why I thought that was so profound, I don't know. But, suddenly I experienced Life as a Dream, a Lucid Dream, and I was the Dreamer. It was like I went from being an actor on a stage lost in the part, to being in the audience. I thought about telling my parents but I knew it would be a waste of time. They thought Life was REAL. It lasted for a few moments. Took 30 years and some nice drugs to experience it again.

[@mysteriousworld9723]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂,

[@putunova7124]

i😮o 😅moomk

[@Михаил-д6х1з]

Nice story. What substance(s) helped you remember?

[@alandunlap4106]

@@Михаил-д6х1з Just sitting silently under the stars with a friend after smoking some nice weed laced with free-base cocaine. :-)

[@mtmind6560]

Amazing

[@kmanoham]

I have to say this.... Swami Tadatmananda and Swami Sarvapriyananda are my spiritual guides. It reminds me of my University days where i had fantastic lectures who excited me gave me breadth of knowledge and tutorials that gave me depth and real insight . I am eternally grateful to these two swamis both from the Advaita Vedanta Tradition.

[@AdarshSingh-fi7pd]

Please make a series on Ashtavakra gita.🙏🏻

[@coolsai]

Yes please 🥺

[@AllOrNothing35427]

Agreed!!

[@rahul7090]

Yes please Swami ji. Kindly make videos on Asthavakra Geeta ❤

[@skylarjon3464]

This may not have been your intention, but this really helped me understand the films of David Lynch

[@maruthikaranth7152]

How very simply the teachings of Vedanta is put forth with so much clarity and insight. My humble pranamas to Swami Tadatmananda.🙏🙏🙏🕉🕉🕉

[@gridcoregilry666]

Thank you so much for all your effort towards making Vedanta known in the world!

[@quake3quake3]

Just brilliant! A thousand thumbs up! Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Prostrations to my guru Sri Swami Sivananda!

[@onetwozeroyt]

Thanks Swamiji. So clear. You have been explaining the nature of reality through all your videos with appropriate graphics. Thanks a lot for your work in this regard. Lucky are those who get to know and watch these videos.

[@rram4772]

Dream metaphor is indeed insightful. Thanks Swamiji for making this aspect of Vedanta somewhat understandable.

[@sandeepbhan1893]

We are being thought by a thought

[@wighatsuperreggie]

I really appreciate the clear simplicity of your teaching, so thank you.

[@mtmind6560]

When I had a non-dual experience a few things I immediately understood are: 1- Without duality you cannot know you exist. 2- It cannot be experienced by itself. 3- it can be known fully. This “experience” happened spontaneously while I was talking to myself trying to understand Advaita Vedanta intellectually. Suddenly I disappeared into an blank nothing with the peculiar quality of awareness. Then a brief picture of my physical face appeared and then I was in a memory which I can only surmise was me as a child 3-4 years old. It was non-dual, physically radiant, pure awareness that did not know that it was. Although the room appeared exactly as I knew it from this memory, this time it was everything just as it was/is with no phenomenal existence. Pure beingness. As this was occurring I was also my identity/ego however like you said I was merged with what I later realized was my own current presence. like Dzogchen’s teaching of Rigpa. The appearance was developed from the primordial nature of mind which is the inseparability of awareness and emptiness. So this ‘dream’ develops into a dream through the recognition of “I Am” which begins Samasara but merges back to the primordial essence. At least that’s where I’m at right now. Does that mirror your experience?

[@mariae.antonsen2183]

Hei

[@rishikesannair9792]

So clearly deciphered a complex philosophy

[@edolavika1307]

Thank you so much for the insightful explanation. It clears my confusion in understanding God as Ishvara & Brahma. It helps me to understand and know the beauty of the ancient teaching of Hindu while guide me to also understand the hidden teaching in Islam (tassawuf/sufism) & Christianity on immanence & transendence🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@angelarapuano1315]

Una gioia immensa ogni volta ascoltare questi insegnamenti ! É un video stupendo che studierò con attenzione e devozione 🙏🏻☀️ Grazie ❤

[@AdarshSingh-fi7pd]

I just understood that existence is called as God , and we all are one existence.

[@balajicanabady]

Sincere gratitude for your beautiful explanation of the dream metaphor. Your words were insightful and inspiring. I would also like to thank you for your time and dedication to teaching others. Your work is truly inspiring, and I am grateful for the opportunity to be a student of yours.

[@aliad.4848]

Thank you. I'm back on track. Your teachings really help me understand the inner world.❤

[@Toxicashellmonsanto]

this is the best program on KZbin

[@codananda]

This is the best explanation of the concept of avatar that I came across.

[@ytrrs]

This is an eye-opener, though all the different illustrations I find in this video, has been heard from this Great Swamiji before, in different aspects in other earlier talks. Especially, the transcendence is now within my full grasp. I plan to send this video link to all my like-minded friends and relatives. Thank you, Swamiji ! My namaskarams to you!

[@sinha4423]

Pronam Swamiji ! Excellent explanation, and such skillful dissection of our dream world is just amazing ! Such discourses come out so helpful in my modest pursuit of self knowledge. Gratitude and gratefulness. Best regards 🙏

[@MP-rg8dv]

Revered swamiji very nice presentation about the dream metaphor in advaita vedanta, but i recently came across a content related to dream world by Robert Adam (disciple of Ramana Maharshi ) who interprets that the small self (ego) is living in false illusory world and all the happenings for that ego self is preordained and whatever incidents happens is predetermined with nobody's influence and he further stated that the real self is pure consciousness like screen for illusory images . ....So now my question is how the small self ego world is preordained and predetermined when we can actually take efforts, decisions and try to willingly change the situations?? Does our efforts and willingness is also a dream or preordained predetermined condition ??

[@ferdinandocoluccelli9574]

@@MP-rg8dv The characters in the dream only play a role, like actors do; they cannot change the (preordained) course of the dream. the same is true, according to the dream analogy, for the man in God's dream. It is God who "lives" what you appear to be. 🙂🙏

[@elogiud]

@@ferdinandocoluccelli9574 , yes, I agree, and I contend that since is it God who lives what I 'appear' to be, I also contend that 'i' am not the 'doer', nor do I choose my thoughts; it is all done through me as if I were the hole in the flute through which the universe plays this song, known as 'me'.

[@ferdinandocoluccelli9574]

@@elogiud I agree! The analogy of the flute is very pretty 🥰

[@maruthikaranth7152]

Swamiji Tadatmananda is an enlightened soul. He has a Universal outlook of seeing everything as it is. HARIOM TATSAT. 🙏🙏🙏🕉🕉🕉🕉

[@BlackHermit]

Very good lecture. Thank you so much 🙏

[@EliAbramzon]

I really appreciate the Vedantic ability to contain philosophical concepts, while not losing the religious theistic language and attitude.

[@nkastropil]

So skilled at expounding the great texts 🙏

[@mathangisunderrajan3773]

Wonderful! I need to watch it again & again to assimilate it completely! Really....thanks so much Swamiji! The explanations have come at the right time.... Bhagavan Ramana is my Guru & I believe in Advaita Vedanta philosophy. At present I am listening to Bhagavad Gita classes & was a bit confused as to how Krishna & his great teachings would fit into the framework of my Guru s. Ramana Maharshi has sent me your teachings at the right moment to clarify & illuminate me. Pranams.,🙏🙏

[@sashpdhar]

Pranams Swamiji , kindly whats the background music name used for this video ?

[@rakeshrockb]

Thank you swami🙏 we are indebted for all your teachings and the way you explain with soothing voice and graphics helps aspirants to advance in their spiritual endeavors. We are very fortunate.

[@joejoe-lb6bw]

Such a beautiful use this metaphor. Of course, it can be carried too far. For example, when the dreamed people are told by the guru/avatar that all is one, they can accept, but it remains just a philosophy for them. No amount of Sadhana will free what isn’t real.

[@ringingthebells307]

Swamiji, whatever u have explained that can never be explained in a language and only can be contemplated as i too m finding it difficult to convert this in my own language if at all I had to explain it to others. U fantastically explained which can be easily grasped by someone if he catches the dream clue. I got it more clarified today now. After Mandukya Upanishad, I related everything to dream and got many answers and some were left which today I got. Being a hindu, I was a conventional ritualistic with the only knowledge of avataras and never got an opportunity to understand Ishwara in such a clear way. Thanks to swamijis like u. My devotion to God has become many fold now as I have understood him intellectually. Earlier such knowledge was esoteric and available thru guru shishya parampara but technology has played a major role to disseminate such crucial and most important knowledge to everyone who r seeking for truthness.My prostrations at ur feet Swamiji.

[@dangem5022]

Masterfully explained Swamiji! Thank you 🙏🕉☮☮☮🙏

[@BoundlessJon]

Amazing video, thank you for spreading the dharma and keeping this nondual truth alive.

[@1stmoviefan]

I must be finally going forward on my path. After all I found you!😂🎉 Thank you. This is wonderful.❤

[@db8799]

If the body replaces each cell every 7 years ...( including the bones) So, how can we be the body? Because the body lives 7 times that long?.... You are the Awareness of the body... You are the Eternal, unchanging Pure Awareness...

[@joejoe-lb6bw]

The body parts are not all simultaneously replaced at same moment. So, not the best argument.

[@rajaiaf]

Sir, you are my upa-guru. I bow down to your blessed feet. ❤🙏🏾

[@ragaashish33]

Wonderful video thank you guruji.

[@beinghappy8492]

Namaskar Swami ji. Your teaching is very simple to understand. Love you.

[@artisttemple8268]

Thank you. 🙏🏽✨

[@ravish05]

Thank you swamiji. I recall you had gone through this material during the bhagavad gita class. Nice to see this information with some pictures.

[@rashmibhatnagar7243]

Thanks Swamiji, almost felt like someone just gave me all the answers I was struggling with. Its been a while since I discovered about Vedanta, but could not figure out how this works. If everything is mithya, then what is the pain which I feel in my heart. So many questions, but no single answer. I have been seeing your videos for quite some time. The way you explain things is so wonderful, like a father. Wish I could meet you and learn from you. This video cleared many doubts, but Im still a long , long way. Thanks for creating such insightful content.

[@rajendraprasadkandel5079]

I always be repleted with your insightful vedantic teachings in simple words. I am so much grateful for your great work…god bless you❤️🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@Eva-iy6vy]

Excellent teaching...and Swami so good.

[@frankng3111]

Thank you Swamiji ! Wonderful teaching, wondeful explaination from the Masters!

[@vibs99]

Interesting metaphor and explanation. Thank you 🙏🙏

[@kanishkajoshi563]

🙏 Thank you Swamiji.

[@meditatedeeperwithvenky]

Wow. A truth as profound as who is the Lord of the Cosmos, explained with such clarity. Thank you for your guidance Swamiji! With greetings and gratitude from www.youtube.com/@meditatedeeperwithvenky/about.

[@vijayamohan33]

Amazing Teachings ❤❤❤ rest great great

[@dipendhruv3951]

Beautifully & logically explained !

[@mybabyandme08]

So happy to watch this video today 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@vijayasenthilraj849]

My respects to you Swami, I am fortunate to have found you ❤

[@Hocusbogus28]

Swami ji. Thank you for this knowledge. May i please request you to add the link/source for the wonderful music you use in your videos?

[@sumanth42564]

So well explained! Really enjoyed it

[@Lucyelle]

What makes us, the characters in nirguna brahman's dream, realize our dreamer/the nirguna brahman? Are we saguna brahman ourselves?

[@vik24oct1991]

Excellent metaphor, even the concept of reincarnation and subtle body be explained by this dream metaphor, the atman are your neurons, the subtle body is the memory imprint in the neurons, reincarnation is basically resource allocation of neurons to simulate another character, when this resource allocation happens the previous memory sometimes remains due to deep imprints cresting plasticity in the neurons hence people remember their past life, also Brahman is the unified field, atman is point on the unified field, subtle body is the temporary distortion on the field and so on.

[@Fokrey1955]

Enjoy his presentation.

[@dramolkoranne5846]

Jabardast Thank you 👍

[@DenzilPeters]

very nice intro music, can you please provide a link to the album?

[@_That_which_is_not_]

Great video ❤

[@vsaitta]

Thank you so very much again for all your teachings! 🙏🙏🙏🕉🕉🕉📿📿📿🤪

[@Temon0942]

Amazing teaching guru ji

[@EliAbramzon]

Great.

[@Rob_132]

Thank you for your teachings.

[@alcosmic]

So THAT'S what Lovecraft was talking about, now I get it!

[@MP-rg8dv]

Revered swamiji very nice presentation about the dream metaphor in advaita vedanta, but i recently came across a content related to dream world by Robert Adam (disciple of Ramana Maharshi ) who interprets that the small self (ego) is living in false illusory world and all the happenings for that ego self is preordained and whatever incidents happens is predetermined with nobody's influence and he further stated that the real self is pure consciousness like screen for illusory images . ....So now my question is how the small self ego world is preordained and predetermined when we can actually take efforts, decisions and try to willingly change the situations?? Does our efforts and willingness is also a dream or preordained predetermined condition ??

[@angelarapuano1315]

Bella domanda!

[@delaramwakefield3989]

Yes, please and also on the incredible Avadhuta Gita. Wish had the company of these authors rather the contemporary people.

[@nameless-yd6ko]

One can easily call the Universe a dream! We (Souls) are Consciousness perceiving Mind (all that exists). Everything that we perceive is a 'concept/memory', nothing more, Mind! The thing is to become lucid in this Dream/Mind. Salvation/Enlightenment/Mystic is to become Lucid, enjoying the illusion, but not believing it!

[@excellentjester]

Namaste guruji

[@Regan-travels]

So cool 🙏

[@jsblastoff]

Super Fresh!!

[@jasminka-k9t]

Thank you Swamiji.🙏

[@PeterNæss-w5w]

Thank you. 🙏

[@reemamer1237]

Where are you located to attend your meditation. Thank you 🙏

[@gridcoregilry666]

New Jersy

[@girishnanoti954]

Pranam Swami ji

[@cctvyoges]

Om namasivaya gurudev

[@rajukunjukrishnan472]

Pranam Guruji 🙏

[@thomaskuhl4336]

Can one do without Ishvara by assuming that the Atma collectively create the universe (or all possible universes)?

[@mindhunter09]

The only question I have is: How can anything, dreams, illusion etc happen at all within an immutable reality? Assuming parabrahman is absolute, infinite, and immutable.

[@nameless-yd6ko]

In the "absolute, infinite, and immutable" Reality of non-dualism, every moment of Universal existence happens simultaneously! "The Laws of Nature are not rules controlling the metamorphosis of what is, into what will be. They are descriptions of patterns that exist, all at once... " - Genius; the Life and Science of Richard Feynman All 'eternity' at once; Here! Now!!

[@knowthetruth311]

Wow swami Tadatmananda ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@arunavakundu4314]

Sorry just like sleep possess the power to create dreams, can Maya be likened to sleep ? And does Maya act in two steps to produce the creation. And the dream metaphor has only one step with the sleep and mind like Maya producing an altered state of consciousness ?

[@AdarshSingh-fi7pd]

How guru of dream knows about sleeper(the girl)?

[@meditatedeeperwithvenky]

Great question! Answer: As he is an enlightened Guru, he knows that the underlying reality of their entire dream universe (the material and the intelligence) is the consciousness of the dreamer. And that is not different from his own conscious awareness. He cannot know, and no one in the dream world CAN know the dreamer as 'an object' or as that girl sleeping in bed, as in this case. That is what Swamiji meant by Transcendent. But he does know the dreamer as consciousness. 😊

[@AdarshSingh-fi7pd]

@@meditatedeeperwithvenky how do you know that the underlying reality is consciousness?

[@meditatedeeperwithvenky]

@@AdarshSingh-fi7pd That is exactly what it means to be enlightened. The way to achieve it, as the guru did, is through sravana, manana and nididhyasana.

[@yogini3424]

Pranam Swamiji, when "I" die is that the form and mind which I seem to be, disappear from Ishwara's dream ?

[@arunavakundu4314]

And the Maya can be likened to the dream Swamiji ? Just like dream possesses a genesis power to create dream, the Maya has the creating ability to produce a dream like state. Maya acts at Nirguna Bramhan to produce Ishwara ( Saguna Bramhan) to produce the creater. Then Iswara will supposedly will be acted upon by another spell of Maya to create the world as the Saguna Bramhan possesses the power to create ? The creater( Ishwara)will therefore be the sleeping girl in your metaphor Swamiji ? The difference between the girl in the sleep and Consciousness ( Saguna Bramhan- Ishwara) is that the girl will not have access to the four states of waking dreaming and deep sleep. On the other hand Saguna Bramhan has access to all the deformations in the various states of consciousness under the spell of Maya. Are mind and Maya synonymous ? Swamiji is my understanding wrong ?

[@swamivedantanandapuri1322]

Pranaam🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@omshaanti369]

Question if anyone can help... if I am a "dream", where does free will come in?

[@stephanesylvestre7143]

Even Christianity acknowledges this teaching via the famous song: He hold the whole world in his hands😉

[@tejsingh1546]

🙏✨️0m shanti shanti shanti

[@Advaita-Sarwar]

What is the title of the flute 🪈

[@moregains9883]

Brahman is the one consciousness in which this ego, this world and dream ego ,dream world arises and subsides this one consciousness is consciousness of the nothingness of the deep sleep. Know that consciousness to be you and that is Ishvara.

[@netineti3901]

I rarely remember my dreams.

[@Rivulets048]

That thumbnail goes so hard

[@dieseljagwar6673]

Wooooowwww!

[@mukeshdesai2862]

8:30 11:33 ❤️

[@els1f]

9:42 i have that same allergic reaction😋

[@jokerjokerrr1264]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@hariharan4922]

🙏🙇‍♂️🙇‍♀️🙏

[@anupriyachoudhary3797]

So ishwara exists in all of us? Or like we're the ishwara itself as in are we nirguna ishwara? Please someone clarify.

[@Thelema108]

There are not "all of us". Only Ishvara

[@abdulrashid-iy8lt]

When you don't like a sound of crow or a noisy sound When you don't want to listen a sound who listen that sound without your permission

[@Chandu-lb4lu]

🙏🏼🌸🌼🌺🕉

[@amitdahal1698]

NY no longer in the pic for me. She still has a future

[@mariae.antonsen2183]

Hei arsha