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Much of poetry and art is such a solace from dreamland. MUCH OF POETRY AND ART IS SUCH A SOLACE FROM DREAMLAND
tribution to the universal and universally shared treasure in heaven. 37. Or the purging of self-indulgence from the psychic nature. We must recognize that the fall of man is a reality, exemplified in our own persons. We have quite other sins than the animals, and far more deleterious; and they have all come through self-indulgence, with which our psychic natures are soaked through and through. As we climbed down hill for our pleasure, so must we climb up again for our purification and restoration to our former high estate. The process is painful, perhaps, yet indispensable. 38. Or a pondering on the perceptions gained in dreams and dreamless sleep. For the Eastern sages, dreams are, it is true, made up of images of waking life, reflections of what the eyes have seen and the ears heard. But dreams are something more, for the images are in a sense real, objective on their own plane; and the knowledge that there is another world, even a dream-world, lightens the tyranny of material life. UTION TO THE UNIVERSAL AND UNIVERSALLY SHARED TREASURE IN HEAVEN SUTRA THIRTY SEVEN OR THE PURGING OF SELF INDULGENCE FROM THE PSYCHIC NATURE WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT THE FALL OF MAN IS A REALITY EXEMPLIFIED IN OUR OWN PERSONS WE HAVE QUITE OTHER SINS THAN THE ANIMALS AND FAR MORE DELETERIOUS AND THEY HAVE ALL COME THROUGH SELF INDULGENCE WITH WHICH OUR PSYCHIC NATURES ARE SOAKED THROUGH AND THROUGH AS WE CLIMBED DOWNHILL FOR OUR PLEASURE SO MUST WE CLIMB UP AGAIN FOR OUR PURIFICATION AND RESTORATION TO OUR FORMER HIGH ESTATE THE PROCESS IS PAINFUL PERHAPS YET INDISPENSABLE SUTRA THIRTY EIGHT OR A PONDERING ON THE PERCEPTIONS GAINED IN DREAMS AND DREAMLESS SLEEP FOR THE EASTERN SAGES DREAMS ARE IT IS TRUE MADE UP OF IMAGES OF WAKING LIFE REFLECTIONS OF WHAT THE EYES HAVE SEEN AND THE EARS HEARD BUT DREAMS ARE SOMETHING MORE FOR THE IMAGES ARE IN A SENSE REAL OBJECTIVE ON THEIR OWN PLANE AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER WORLD EVEN A DREAM WORLD LIGHTENS THE TYRANNY OF MATERIAL LIFE
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