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Yoga Sutras 1.38

Patanjali, explained by Swami Vivekananda

स्वप्ननिद्राज्ञानालम्बनं वा ॥

svapnanidrājñānālambanaṃ vā

Or by meditating on the knowledge that comes in sleep.

In plain words: Or meditate on what you knew in sleep. The teacher says to recall a blissful, holy dream and meditate on it as if real.

Yoga Sutras 1.38

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Swami Vivekananda explains

Sometimes a man dreams that he has seen angels coming to him and talking to him, that he is in an ecstatic condition, that he has heard music floating through the air. He is in a blissful condition in that dream, and when he wakes, it makes a deep impression on him. Think of that dream as real, and meditate upon it. If you cannot do that, meditate on any holy thing that pleases you.