You see many things in dreams and many things are acquiredby you during dreams: power,pelf, status, reputation. But whenyou awake, you do not weep over the loss, even though for theduration of the dream all that was very real and gave you realsatisfaction and joy. That was a dream , you tell yourself; whatprevents you from treating with similar nonchalance the possessionsgathered during the waking stage of your life? Cultivate that attitudeand you can depart with a smile whenever the curtain falls on thisdreamland stage.(SSS Vol.1, p. 24)

One need not undertake intense spiritual practices to cross the ocean of Samsara. All that one has to do is to contemplate on God incessantly. Though God is within, man is unable to realise Him. In the dream state, man may experience death and feel sad about it. When he wakes up, he heaves a sigh of relief, realising that what he saw was only a dream. Then who was the one who died in the dream? It was just creation of the mind. Similarly, even in the waking state, whatever man experiences is the creation of the mind. Due to the illusion created by the mind, he establishes relationships and starts saying, my father, my mother, my wife, my children, etc. This illusion is the ultimate cause of his suffering. When man develops pure and unsullied love, he will not experience pain or suffering. Love for the physical body is false and transitory. Love for Self is true and eternal. In order to understand the truth of your identity, you should enquire within.(SSS Vol.36, p. 164)