Can a Jnani (one who knows the True Self) have dreams?
Day by Day with Bhagavan
Diary of Devaraja Mudaliar
March 19, 1945
Can a Jnani (one who knows the True Self) have dreams?
DM.: Bhagavan said he once had a dream that he went to Palani and that he then devoured the Palani God (Lord Subramanya). He also said that he had at another time a dream that he visited Tiruchendur temple (where also the deity is Lord Subramanya). Bhagavan does not remember the details of this dream.
I remembered that some people once wanted to know if a jivanmukta can have dreams. The doubt is natural, because we believe Jnanis have no sleep like ordinary men. So they may not have dreams. I therefore asked Bhagavan about this matter.
Bhagavan.: If the Jnani can have a waking state, what is the difficulty about His having a dream state? But of course as His waking state is different from the ordinary man’s waking state, so His dream state also will be different from the ordinary man’s dream state.
Whether in waking or in dream a Jnani will not slip from His real state which is sometimes called the fourth or turiya state.
