...” According to Hindu mythology, this world is the dream of Vishnu. Thus the world itself can be seen as a dream and dreams as just another manifestation of Maya. Perhaps because of this, the Indian texts I read didn’t seem to provide special techniques for dream work. A typical sentiment, as expressed in the Bhagavata Purana, for example, says, “Even though apparently awake, one is still asleep if one sees multiplicity. Wake up from the dream of ignorance and see the one Self. The Self alone is real.” The Yogavasistha describes dreaming sleep as an opportunity for human beings to create as the gods create, by sending forth images. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad says of the dream world: “In that land there are no lakes, no lotus-ponds, nor streams; but [the Spirit of man] creates his own lakes, his lotus-ponds, and streams. For the Spirit of man is Creator.” ” ...