# Dream Analogies > [!summary] > *Dreams powerfully illustrate the illusory nature of material existence. Just as we experience happiness and distress in dreams that have no reality, our material experiences are similarly temporary and ultimately unreal.* ## Dream & Material Life ### This World is Like a Dream Material existence is compared to a dream—we experience it vividly, but upon awakening to spiritual consciousness, we understand its illusory nature. ![[sb/6/15/5#purport|dream]] —SB [[sb/6/15/5|6.15.5]] Purport See also: [[sb/4/9/33|SB 4.9.33]], [[sb/4/12/15|SB 4.12.15]] ## Dream Body & Material Body ### Neither is Permanent As we accept a dream body while dreaming, we accept a material body while in material consciousness. Neither is our true identity. ![[bg/2/28#purport|dream]] —Bg. [[bg/2/28|2.28]] Purport ## Dreaming & Transmigration ### Moving from Body to Body As we move from one dream to another during sleep, the soul moves from one body to another in material existence. ![[sb/3/33/26#purport|dream]] —SB [[sb/3/33/26|3.33.26]] Purport See also: [[sb/10/1/41|SB 10.1.41]] ## Dreamer Awakened & Liberation ### Waking Up to Reality When a person awakens from a dream, the dream experiences cease. Similarly, when one awakens to spiritual consciousness, material miseries cease. ![[sb/4/22/27#purport|dreamer]] —SB [[sb/4/22/27|4.22.27]] Purport See also: [[sb/5/1/16|SB 5.1.16]], [[sb/5/11/12|SB 5.11.12]] ## Dreamer & The Lord ### Creating Through Dreaming As a dreamer creates an entire world within his mind, the Lord creates the material manifestation through His dreaming potency. ![[sb/2/1/39#purport|dreamer]] —SB [[sb/2/1/39|2.1.39]] Purport ## Dream of a Golden Mountain ### Material Desires Desiring material enjoyment is compared to dreaming of a golden mountain—attractive but ultimately unreal and unattainable. ![[sb/2/9/2#purport|dream]] —SB [[sb/2/9/2|2.9.2]] Purport *Complete reference: [[index/entries/analogies|Analogies Index]]* *See also: [[wiki/analogies/maya|Māyā Analogies]], [[wiki/analogies/transmigration|Transmigration Analogies]]*