Yogananda describes creation as a dream of God. We all are asleep in it and have to wake up. He writes in his East-West magazine (July 1926):
“The universe has been spoken of in Vedanta and Yoga philosophies as God’s dream. Matter and mind, with the universe, planets, and the human powers of feeling, will and consciousness, the states of life and death, disease and health, the gross surface wave, and the subtle under-currents of material creation, are realities according to the law of relativity governing this dream of God’s. All the dualities perceived through the law of relativity are real to the dreamer, to the ordinary man in the world who plays his little part in the great dream of God. To escape from these dualities, one must awaken from this dream into eternal God-wakefulness.”
LYRICS:
From this sleep, Lord, will You wake, wake me?
From this dream, Lord, will You wake, wake me?
In Thee I dive;
In Thee I rise, in Thy sea, in, in Thee.
From this sleep, Lord, will You wake, wake me?
From this dream, Lord, will You wake, wake me?
In Thee I’m born;
In Thee I die, to live forever in, in Thee.
WHEN TO USE THIS SONG:
For final salvation, and overcoming fear of death.
SING ALONG:
This version is taken from the Ananda sangha album Peace Chants.