Waking, dreaming and sound sleeping

Some time ago I explained the nature of the three bodies in my article titled Who am I - understanding nature of bodies. These three bodies continuously take experiences from this world. I am writing, I am reading, I am eating food, I am sleeping, I am dreaming and so on. All these things are experienced by one of the three bodies. These experiences are tasted in three distinct states of our consciousness. These states are:

• Jagruta Avasta (waking state)
• Swapna Avasta (dreaming state)
• Sushupti Avasta (sound sleep state)

When we are awake our gross body is continuously engaged in worldly matters. The sense organs and their functions are constantly working. We call the experiences taken during waking state as "real". They are proofs for us for future. In waking state we identify ourselves with our gross body firmly.

When you are dreaming your gross body is not participating in the dream. Our desires and experiences taken when we are awake leave deep impression in our subconscious mind. The subtle body then tries to play them for you during sleep. You do not have control on what is being seen. We discard the experiences taken during a dream when we awake from sleep. We call them "false" or "imaginary".

When you are in sound sleep you do not remember anything about it when you awake. You feel happy and joyous after such sleep. This state gives good amount of relaxation and rest to the body and mind. But as with previous two states this state also vanishes in the morning.

We undergo these three states day after day but they are not constant. They come and go. The soul still remains beyond this trio.