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An insightful dialogue between enlightened master Jiddu Krishnamurti and a friend on the nature of dreams and their cessation. This conversation is a part of Jiddu Krishnamurti's book 'Series on Living' (Third Volume)
Series III - Chapter 43 - 'Awareness And The Cessation Of Dreams' | J. Krishnamurti
Series III - Chapter 43 - 'Awareness And The Cessation Of Dreams' | J. Krishnamurti
Isn't it possible to be aware of your own responses when you are getting into the bus, when you are with your family, when you are talking to your boss in the office, or to your servant at home? Just to be aware of all this - to be aware of the trees and the birds, of the clouds and the children, of your own habits, responses and traditions - is to observe it without judging or comparing; and if you can be so aware, constantly watching, listening, you will find that you do not dream at all. Then your whole mind is intensely active; everything has a meaning, a significance. To such a mind, dreams are unnecessary. You will then discover that in sleep there's not only complete rest and renewal, but a state which the mind can never touch. It's not something to be remembered and returned to; it's entirely inconceivable, a total renewal which cannot be formulated.