The whole of creation was made in order to awaken. But awakening is chiefly of two kinds: one kind is called birth, the birth of the body when the soul awakens in a condition where it is limited in the physical body, and so man becomes captive; and there is another awakening, which is to awaken to reality, and that is called the birth of the soul. God lost in manifestation is the state that we call awakening. Manifestation lost in God is realization. In my language I would call the former dream and the latter awakening.
Hazrat Inayat Khan
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