Deep sleep is an experience of the unmanifest. It's like your eyes are open now you're all of this. When i wake i know i slept peacefully. To come to this conclusion, i use my mind. Because there are no stored memories about a dream available for me to process. I can only know my inactive mind through my active mind. This is a paradox. Could it be i am dreaming all the time while sleeping, but i only remember a dream i had just before waking up? I'm sure you can help me clarify this paradox. Let's go on.
Question and Answer session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on Feb 25th, 2018.