So happy to have stumbled upon this older topic! I’ve labored to make dreams stop, such as altering my diet, sleep, reading Dhamma till late, etc.
Lal said: “However, as one’s gets purified, one will stop seeing such “bad dreams””. Do you think this is a way to judge where one is on the Path?
For instance, I haven’t had a “bad” dream since last September. Shortly thereafter, I started reading puredhamma.net. Thank you Lal, what a difference Dhamma makes!
Although, I still have dreams that are mostly relationship type, but no homes, cars, or vacations/beautiful places or the like. This means I still have asavas for a relationship, right? And therefore, have not seen the bad consequences of a relationship even though I haven’t engaged in a relationship in a long time. On top of that I have no enduring interest in anyone I meet…they all have asavas/gati I have no interest in. Is it possible a kamma beeja is just waiting to surface and cannot be avoided? I’ve read here in some posts, that some “kamma beeja can’t be avoided”. Is this a stumbling block for women? And why monastic life seems so positive…under the right conditions.
This one is hard to turn off. I’ve had plenty of bad relationships, so it should be easy, but it’s not. Are there more posts, suttas or somewhere I can read more about asubhanussati? I’ve read “Anussati and Anupassanā – Being Mindful and Removing Defilements” several times.
With metta,
Donna