Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 1 Issue 1 (1 July 2016) | Page 10

Dreams: a spiritual communication medium
Dreaming is possibly the most broadly perceived human experience that
scientists still have a very little understanding of till the present time .
Answers to the critical questions regarding dreams like why we dream,
what we do during dreams and what dreams can let us know about our
brains still are unanswered . At an average a person dreams for about
90-120 minutes during a night ’s sleep but most of these dreams are
forgotten once a person wakes up. Dreams are no longer dismissed by
scientists as arbitrary neuron firings or meaningless fantasies . Dreams
are now considered an ongoing thought process that just happens to
occur while we are asleep
Spiritual teachers have explained sleep and dreams in a much
different aspects . According to some of the spiritual teachers , sleep is
very similar to meditative state. During sleep, like in meditation , one is
cut-off from external world through his senses but without a focus. Men
of spiritual knowledge consider dreams as a medium of communication
to the individual.
In fact, dreams have been responsible for some major creative
and scientific discoveries in the course of human history. Some these
are given below:
Dreams have been in charge of some major innovative and investigative
revelations over the span of mankind's history.
Ram Raksha Stotra
Ram Raksha is a hymn of praise, used as a prayer for protection to Lord
Rama, it was written by a saint Budha Kaushika during the Vedic period.
Literal meaning of Ram Raksha means 'Protection given by Lord Rama
’. One who sincerely recites it and understands its meaning, he receives
faith that Lord Rama protects his mind & prepares it to know the
Ultimate Truth . It is said that Lord Shiva came into saint Budha
Kaushika's dream and sung these 38 stanzas.