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===Dreams (swapna)===
===Dreams (swapna)===
−The dreams are seen due to the association of the mind with "rajo [[guna]]". It perceives both auspicious and inauspicious objects of senses based on previous experiences in the form of dreams. [Su.Sa.Sharira Sthana 4/36-37]
+The dreams are seen due to the association of the mind with [[rajo]] [[guna]]. It perceives both auspicious and inauspicious objects of senses based on previous experiences in the form of dreams. [Su.Sa.Sharira Sthana 4/36-37]
When the mind continues to cognize, the sleeping person experiences different kinds of dreams. The sense organs are not receptive to their perceptions in this state. [A.S. Sutra Sthana 9/21]
When the mind continues to cognize, the sleeping person experiences different kinds of dreams. The sense organs are not receptive to their perceptions in this state. [A.S. Sutra Sthana 9/21]
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A dream is a conscious experience that occurs during sleep. Although it may happen in any sleep phase, it prevails during the desynchronized phase (REM type). Like any information consciously identified, a dream triggers a specific behavior, that we call an oneiric behavior. It comprises two types of identifiable manifestations:
A dream is a conscious experience that occurs during sleep. Although it may happen in any sleep phase, it prevails during the desynchronized phase (REM type). Like any information consciously identified, a dream triggers a specific behavior, that we call an oneiric behavior. It comprises two types of identifiable manifestations:
−a) Motor: These components are usually weak and poorly expressed movements during a dream.
+'''a) Motor:''' These components are usually weak and poorly expressed movements during a dream.
−b)Vegetative: Phasic increases heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, pupillary diameter, and metabolic adjustments, which are expressed more consistently during a dream, as they are during attentive wakefulness.
+'''b) Vegetative:''' Phasic increases heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, pupillary diameter, and metabolic adjustments, which are expressed more consistently during a dream, as they are during attentive wakefulness.
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