స్వామి సచ్చిదానంద సూక్తి

Dreaming makes us realize the depth and condition of the mind. Dreams help us to know what sort of impressions are in the mind. If the mind has good impressions, you get good dreams. On the surface we have a lot of waves like the ocean, which is called the conscious mind. Below that you have the subconscious mind and the unconscious. The impressions that were the deposits of our previous actions slowly slip down from the conscious level to the subconscious. Only in sleep does the subconscious mind come out. Dreams help us to know our mental condition. Also, dreams let us know that the mind can function without the body—the mental or astral body is separate from the physical body. This helps us so we won’t feel it as a terrible loss when we lose this physical body.

- Swami Satchidananda