Confusion in dream realm self-purified（4）

Confusion in dream realm self-purified（4）

Jianggong Guru edified “The orally transmitted dream meditation dharma of the “Five Golden Dharma of Niguma” is comprised of six parts: holding the dream state, meditating the dream state, increasing and controlling the dream state, the dream state illusory body, transfiguration in the dream state, visualizing the outside through dream.”

Holding the dream state is the first meditation method. This is for obtaining the dream state, recognizing dreams when dreaming and keeping the dream state without it disappearing.

Its preliminary practice is to pray and make refuge to one’s root guru and lineage guru of every generation, set up heart and then receive the four empowerments.

After coming out from concentration of the 4th empowerment, yogi starts to formally meditate on holding the dream state. There are two parts: self holding meditation method and errorless meditation method, which both have the requirement of bringing great treasure bottle Qi in the navel chakra. In the self holding meditation method, yogi can hold the dream state because they have done illusory-like visualization in daytime. In the errorless meditation method, this lineage summarizes the nine parts, which other lineages separate, into three essences, i.e. body essence: sit with the calves crossed in front, both hands are crossed and hold the upper part of the opposite arm and rest on the two knees; time essence: from dawn to before sunrise; visualization essence: meditate two kinds of non-discrimination and one discrimination. These mean that by meditating two kinds of non-discrimination and one kind of discrimination, and by entering sleep in the posture as described in the body essence, yogi can hold dream. The easiest and most effective time to hold the dream state is that described in the time essence. The visualization essence contains three visualization methods. In the 2nd non-discrimination meditation method, it is first pointed out: the hearts of all sentient beings are innately pure, but the bright self nature cannot manifest because it is covered by the guest dust of wrong thinking and frustration. Meditating this non-discrimination can eliminate guest dust and reveal the innate nature.

If any of the three meditation methods above (self holding method, non-discrimination meditation method and discrimination method) cannot lead to a clear dream state after meditation, there is another speedy method, but it should not be applied without serious consideration.

Through all dharma above, if the yogi can obtain a clear and stable dream state and recognize they dream while dreaming, then they have succeeded in the first step of the dharma, and can meditate the 2nd step—meditating the dream state.