The Manas's Highly Vivid and Precise Suggestive Function in Dreams

Question: A while ago, in a dream one night, I suddenly saw a dagger fly out of space and plunge into the position of my right kidney at the back of my waist. I felt a sharp pain and woke up startled. Afterwards, I rubbed my lower back and felt a bit of soreness there, but no pain, so I didn't take it seriously. A month later, the pain in my right kidney became unbearable, and I couldn't sleep all night. I went to the hospital for an X-ray, and it turned out that a stone in my right kidney had grown to 1.1 centimeters and was moving downward, getting stuck in the ureter, causing hydronephrosis. Was that dream related to the stone in my right kidney? Was it a reminder that I should pay attention to my health?

Answer: This was the manas giving you a hint and a premonition. He was telling you that the stone in your right kidney had already become very serious—so serious that it was like a dagger thrust into the kidney—meaning that He wanted you to find a way to treat it, lest your life be endangered. Using a dagger thrust into the kidney as a metaphor for the harmful effect of the stone on your body is extremely vivid and apt, and very much in accord with the facts. From this we can see how much wisdom the manas possesses. Although He cannot speak and does not have the functions of language, words, and sound, He can display images and can use pictures to express and convey information. This coded message was displayed very plainly and was clear at a glance, requiring no further pondering or reflection—quicker and more accurate to understand than the mind consciousness's language and words. This behavior shows that the manas is very loyal and responsible toward the body. On the surface, He was helping the mind consciousness understand the condition of the right kidney, but in fact He wanted the mind consciousness to cure the stone disease on His behalf; in the end, it was still for Himself.

Because sentient beings are unable to observe the manas through direct perception, they all have misunderstandings about the manas, thinking that the manas is dull and incapable of doing anything, like an idiot who must be waited upon by the mind consciousness. But judging from this dream, the manas is not an idiot at all; He is shrewder than the mind consciousness. Using a dagger to metaphorize the seriousness of the matter—how apt, vivid, and fitting it is, simply indescribably wonderful. It is no less than the wisdom of the mind consciousness; His imagination, thinking power, and observational capacity are all quite impressive. It is just that sentient beings are unaware of all this. However, not everyone's manas is this wise, just as not everyone's mind consciousness is intelligent. The more one cultivates, the wiser the manas becomes, the more refined His thinking, the more powerful His functions, and the more He can lead the mind consciousness to enhance its wisdom.