“You never identify yourself with the shadows cast by your body, or with its reflection, or with the body you see in a dream or in your imagination. Therefore you should not identify yourself with this living body either.” ShouldDreamBodyImaginationReflectionShadowCastsYour BodyAdvaitaSpiritual Awakening Author:Adi Shankara
“The world, like a dream full of attachments and aversions seems real until the awakening.” WorldRealDreamSeemsAwakeningAttachmentAversion Author:Adi Shankara
“Like the appearance of silver in mother of pearl, the world seems real until the Self, the underlying reality, is realized.” WorldRealSelfDreamRealitySeemsMotherAppearanceSilverPearls Author:Adi Shankara
“The witness of the three states of consciousness [waking, dream and deep sleep] and of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss is the Self” SelfStatesDreamBodyThreeSleepExistenceConsciousnessWitnessBlissWakingStates Of ConsciousnessDeep Sleep Author:Adi Shankara
