There is a beautiful
story about Chuang Tzu, a great mystic of China.
One morning, sitting in his
bed, he looked very sad. His disciples had never seen him so sad. And never
after waking up had he remained in his bed, sitting. What had happened? Was he
sick?
They gathered around and
asked him, ”Master, what is the matter?” He said, ”The matter is really
difficult, I cannot solve it; perhaps you may be of some help. I will tell you
what is the matter. In the night I dreamed that I had become a butterfly, and I
was moving from one flower to another flower.”
The disciples said, ”This
is nothing to be sad about. In dreams we all do strange things; and this is not
a bad thing, to be a butterfly – colorful, beautiful, moving from one juicy
flower to another juicy flower. Why are you so worried?”
He said, ”You have not
heard the whole thing. The problem is, now I am awake and I am wondering
whether Chuang Tzu dreamed that he is a butterfly, or now the butterfly has
gone to sleep and is dreaming she is Chuang Tzu.”
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