02-09-2011, 12:00 AM
"Do you mean that when we dream, we approach the state of the dead?"
"We don't just approach it, we are there! But since the vitality of our body remains intact, we
can return. To die is literally a dream.
"You see, when an ordinary person dreams, he is not able to focus his attention on anything;
he doesn't have anything but his fragmented memories, fed with experiences he has
accumulated in the course of his life. If that person dies, the difference is that his dream
lengthens and he doesn't wake up again. It is the dream of death."
"We don't just approach it, we are there! But since the vitality of our body remains intact, we
can return. To die is literally a dream.
"You see, when an ordinary person dreams, he is not able to focus his attention on anything;
he doesn't have anything but his fragmented memories, fed with experiences he has
accumulated in the course of his life. If that person dies, the difference is that his dream
lengthens and he doesn't wake up again. It is the dream of death."