Atma Bodha Slokas 5-9

Svayam Prakash - self illuminating knower - known - process of knowing: 3 aspects Consciousness is all three. "like Sun"  Examples: soapnut powder & dirt; world &dream; mother of pearl & silver; Bubbles in water; gold & ornaments kirti-kanchana-kamini - three desires which bind us. Example of kataka-nut: use a thorn to remove the thorn - throw them both away. Tiger in the dream also goes away. Why do people react the way they do when they have a bad dream and carry forward it to their waking state? - Identity, vasanas, ignorance, Vasanas of the waking world projects the dream. In dream we don't create more samskaras or vasanas. Three examples from Mundakopanishad: Spider (material & efficient), earth (one, many), nails (sentient creating non-sentient) Do dreams convey something important? Do we see the differences from our vantage point today? Empathy will have powerfulness when we understand 'advaita' - not two;