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"Are we Butterfllies"


 

Chuang Tse, a Chinese Philosopher once dreamt he was a Butterfly. On waking he said to himself

"Now , am I a man dreaming that I am a Butterfly, or am I a Butterfly that thinks "I am Chuang"?

 

This message is very profound and could have lots of different meanings, What is your interpretation?



-- Edited by Bettina on Thursday 27th of June 2013 05:51:00 PM

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I like the image of Butterfly, i feel light, free, beautiful.... sharing the best there is with others. and silence and peace are my environment. yes sometimes I am wondering ,am i ME'...the real ME, the best I can be, the one I was supposed to be when being a child...or did I eveolve according to others, adapting too much to my circumstances and environment. Then i picture myself again as that 5 year old child, and I see that mostly I am still that person, but sometimes, my truth doesn't match the reality. So I keep that child close, inner child, we talk a lot..i know that sounds crazy, but it's the only way, i am completely honest with myself, can't lie to my inner child...and it reminds me who i am, who i wanna be.
work in progress!thanks for the input

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That was nice Tortuga...

Poems and poetry are so wonderful as they conjure up feelings and makes us think.

I love this quote, as it talks to me of life possibly being the dream and our dreams being real.

When the drama of being married to the X alcoholic would get too bad. I could look at it as being the dream.
Till I could go to sleep that nite and the dream would become my reality.

Life is temporary, everything is temporary. Should we be so attached to it.?

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