Often, what you perceive as reality is not joyful and so when misery is there, you never wonder if it is a dream. You are sure it is real. This is knowing the real as unreal and unreal as real. In fact, all the miseries are unreal.
A wise man knows that happiness is real, as it is one's very nature. Unhappiness is unreal as it is inflicted by memory.When you see everything as a dream, then you abide in your true nature.
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji,
