...is said by some sages to make a particular, and very limited, point. If questioned further, most of them will explain the point more fully and admit that it is not a 100% rule, either in life or thereafter. Richard Rose got dementia and lost his awakeness along with his mind. One or two sages have awakened, but later started thinking too much and got lost in the mind again. This statement by some sages is like a 90% rule with significant limitations.
FWIW, there is no separate entity that wakes up. THIS wakes up to itself, and it can also go to sleep again. As BK often says, "Any story about the future is a story." There is no way to know what THIS will do next.
I also would question the statement, "The sage always knows that s/he is dreaming." In the context of this discussion it might be more accurate to say "The sage knows the difference between dreaming and being awake, but on a daily basis there are no thoughts about this distinction." Most sages would not say, "I know that I am dreaming." They would say, "I used to be lost in a dream of personal selfhood, but now I'm awake." In making this statement, they would not be referring to themselves as separate entities. In effect, they would be saying, "As the entire process of reality in which all universes appear, I/THIS, dreamed that I was John/Jane Doe for a while. When THIS woke up to Itself, THIS realized that THIS is the living-aware-intelligent-infinite-field-of-being (which looks out of every creature's eyes) in which all appearances appear.
FWIW, there is no separate entity that wakes up. THIS wakes up to itself, and it can also go to sleep again. As BK often says, "Any story about the future is a story." There is no way to know what THIS will do next.
I also would question the statement, "The sage always knows that s/he is dreaming." In the context of this discussion it might be more accurate to say "The sage knows the difference between dreaming and being awake, but on a daily basis there are no thoughts about this distinction." Most sages would not say, "I know that I am dreaming." They would say, "I used to be lost in a dream of personal selfhood, but now I'm awake." In making this statement, they would not be referring to themselves as separate entities. In effect, they would be saying, "As the entire process of reality in which all universes appear, I/THIS, dreamed that I was John/Jane Doe for a while. When THIS woke up to Itself, THIS realized that THIS is the living-aware-intelligent-infinite-field-of-being (which looks out of every creature's eyes) in which all appearances appear.
