You wake up suddenly in the middle of the night. Your dream is still so vivid that it takes you a few minutes to shake yourself into comprehending that you are in your bed, and not elsewhere, per your dream.
Confusion with reality after a dream is not the only time this type of experience can happen. Sometimes, we mix our past experiences with dreams, desires, and imagination, convoluting our present thoughts and feelings. What then is reality? Can our views of ourselves and the world around us taint our ability to perceive life as it really is?
The Trap of a Dream is from In the Presence of the Master series – Conversations with Sadhguru. In this video, Sadhguru delves into matters of perception and ways of growing beyond our illusionary realities.