Namaste.
I had a dream two nights ago in which I resisted temptation. Although this resistance took place in a dream whilst asleep, I was wondering if, having resisted the desire, I had none the less resisted the germination of bad karma seeds.
I reasoned the following:
That when opportunity is ripe, the seeds of karma germinate into desires.
We then either succomb to, or resist, these desires.
Since it just so happens that those particular seeds of Karma germinate into desires in my dream (presumably, because the opportunity is ripe for them to do so), these desires must be resisted just as they should be resisted when awake.
I recall the following:
That at will, a rishi might materialise, either in dreams or in a wakefull state, ripe circumstances for karmic seeds to germinate, which he himself, or perhaps another, can then go on to resist; there by freeing himself (or affording another the same opportunity) from the chains of future karma.
What does the forum think? Can we break the bonds of Karma in dreams as well as when awake?
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