Is dreaming about Krishna also remembrance of Krishna?

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another question about if we think about Krishna in the dreams is that thinking about Krishna yes definitely Baldev Dev Ji also gives one reason why his dreams are real is that sometimes the supreme reality Krishna appears in the dream and if he appears for some devotees some great souls so that is also an indicator that the dream is not just a fantasy for great devotees Krishna appears in the dream and gives some guidance so now the question is for us can Krishna come in our dream we are no one to stop Krishna from coming if he wants to but the difference is now Baldev Dev Ji analyzes that okay if the dreaming reality is also reality the waking experience is also reality what is the difference between the two one is shorter and the other is recurring but his bigger difference is that in the waking reality we can use our freedom in the dreaming reality things are happening even if we are doing something we are consciously choosing to do something so if Krishna chooses to come in our dreams that is wonderful that is wonderful but just Krishna coming in our dream doesn’t make us spiritually advanced after we wake up from the dream and we chant Hare Krishna then we become spiritually advanced because that is simply Krishna’s mercy what happens in the dream we are not doing anything for that it is simply Krishna’s mercy coming but our spiritual growth depends on how we choose our freedom so if some devotee Krishna comes in the dream that is wonderful it is not that everybody has to say you are being a sahajiya how can Krishna come in your dream Krishna has come in the dream that is fine but it is not that that devotee should think because Krishna has come in my dream now I have become a pure devotee now I have become a special devotee no our devotion our devotion Prabhupada taught us that our devotion is manifested by our dedication it is not by some imagination by some dream or whatever how dedicated we are to the practice of bhakti how dedicated we are to the service of Krishna how dedicated we are to the responsibility that we take up in our service to Krishna that determines our devotion so if Krishna comes in our dreams that is wonderful we don’t have to go about bragging to everyone that Krishna has come in our dreams and others don’t have to stamp out that person that Krishna is not coming in your dream Krishna can come in the dream but what is important is what we do after we wake up so in the waking reality we can use our free will properly and by using our free will properly we actually move towards Krishna so as devotees some of us may want to remember Krishna in sleeping so some devotees may have some kirtan going on as a soft kirtan sometimes Prabhupada Japa sometimes we can keep a picture of Krishna near us while dreaming so we can try to have some vibrations even while we are sleeping subconsciously we can have some connection with Krishna and we can be purified and sometimes some background awareness will be there but for an advanced devotee who loves Krishna then there the remembrance of Krishna continues even in their dreams because the experiencer is the same if the experiencer is in love with Krishna then whether it is waking reality or dreaming reality it is the remembrance of Krishna but the experiencer can develop love for Krishna primarily in the waking reality and that’s why what we do in the waking reality is the most important Thank you very much