- Question:
What is the relationship between objects and awareness?
Sri Prabhuji:
Objects are appearances in awareness. Any object is nothing but a thought. A thought is nothing but conditioned consciousness. Let us take example of a flower in dream. I saw a flower in dream. When I woke up I realized that there was no flower in the dream. Flower was a mental projection of name and form in my consciousness creating a dream. In other words, flower as an object was not real. Flower was perception of an object based on impressions of mind.
Same thing applies in waking state. There are no objects. All objects are nothing but mental projections in consciousness. Mere appearance of name and form. It is like being in waking dream. We have to wake up from this waking dream to realize Truth.