THE DREAM I WENT BACK TO

I woke up… only to go back to sleep. Not because I was tired. Because my dream was unfinished. What began as an ordinary morning nap became one of the most thought-provoking experiences of my life. A village. An unknown ashram. A misunderstood saint. A missing son. A return to the same dream. And finally, an awakening that raised a timeless question: If a dream feels completely real until we wake up, what if this life is also preparing us for a greater awakening? In this deeply reflective book, Dr. Abhishek Gilara transforms a single dream into a profound exploration of consciousness, attention, remembrance of God, and the wisdom of the Indian spiritual tradition. Blending personal experience with timeless insights from Sanatan philosophy, Sant-vani, psychology, and everyday life, he invites readers to journey beyond the surface of dreams into the deeper mystery of existence. Inside these pages, you will discover why dreams sometimes leave behind lifelong lessons, how the mind quietly creates assumptions that shape our reality, the relationship between dreams, waking consciousness, and the ancient wisdom of जाग्रत, 􀋢􀉓, सुषु􀄰􀉑, and तुरीय, how Satsang and Bhajan can gradually transform the quality of attention, why true spiritual practice is not about escaping the world but awakening within it, how one ordinary dream became a doorway to extraordinary self-re􀏐lection, and why the greatest journey is not from one place to another, but from forgetfulness to remembrance of God. This is not a book about dream interpretation. It is a book about self-discovery. It is not an attempt to explain every mystery. It is an invitation to live with greater awareness. Because every night we wake from a small dream. One day, by God’s grace, we may awaken from the greatest dream of all.