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2026-06-20·7 min read·By Alfas B

Life as a Divine Dream: What It Means to Wake

Life as a Divine Dream: What It Means to Wake

The paradox at the heart of the book

In the *Preface* of *Nature of the Divine*, Alfas B offers a line that is both comfort and disquiet:

"We are not separate from God; we are suspended in His dreaming. In every particle, in every burst of thought, in every flicker of consciousness, His essence breathes."

The idea that reality is God's dream is ancient. But this book gives it a particular tenderness. We are not doomed, drifting specks adrift in an indifferent cosmos — we are *suspended*, held within a larger awareness.

The wonder in the paradox

The book continues:

"God does not exist while we do, for our reality is the dream He dreams. Yet when He awakens, we will be no more..."

That is the unsettling part. If we are a dream, are we less real? The book answers not with fear but with presence: we are here to *feel*, to *witness*, to *live a life in a million ways*. Whether or not the dream ends, the dreaming is exquisite.

A shift in perspective

To live as a character in a divine dream changes how you hold your worries:

  • Your failures are not cosmic verdicts — they are scenes in a larger story.
  • Your joys are real precisely because they are felt.
  • Your connection to others deepens, because in a dream, everyone is part of the same mind.

The self as an illusion with a purpose

The *Farewell* chapter makes this concrete:

"The self is illusionary and does not exist during the birth of our soul but exists as a construction of thoughts."

Yet this "illusion" is not worthless — its purpose is to serve the soul, to preserve the mind, to*witness* the divine. To know you are part of a dream is not to despair; it is to live more fully, more tenderly, knowing the beauty is real even if the form is fleeting.

Wake gently

We cannot know when the dream ends. But we can choose how we dream. *Nature of the Divine* invites us to dream honestly — awake within the dream, present within the moment, aware that we are held.

This reflection is a companion to Nature of the Divine by *Alfas B* — a spiritual philosophy book on consciousness, the soul journey, and inner peace. When an article like this resonates, the full journey continues in the book.
"We are not separate from God; we are suspended in His dreaming." — Nature of the Divine, Alfas B.

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by Alfas B

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