Dreams are unreal; they are illusory. Yet, for as long as we are dreaming, the experience appears to be real and valid. Often in these dreams, we experience such extreme fear, pain or excitement, we awaken and the dream dissolves away. Thus the dream itself led to the awakening. So too in the waking dream... the illusory world where every experience is deemed true and valid, the teachings of the Vedas awaken man into Higher Awareness.
(Tfd, 20 Aug '04)