Passage 14

In English

WHICH IS TRUE?:

The Emperor believed in right action. He had no attachment to the body. One day after dinner as he was discussing with some of his ministers he fell asleep. He was made to sleep comfortably on the bed by his attendants. After a little while he woke up. He was unable to realise which was true - the sleeping state or the waking state. He did not answer many questions that were put to him. The ministers were confused about the state of the Emperor’s mind. He did not answer any question, but was just repeating the words, “which is true - this or that?” They requested the queen to come. He did not give any reply to her questions. He was talking again to himself - this is true or that is true. came there. He studied the situation and through his divine powers he could realise the king’s predicament. He said to the king “Neither this nor that is true.” You experienced certain things in the dreams, as well as in the waking state. In the waking state, there is no dream. In the dream, there is no waking state. But ‘You’ are both in the dream state and in the waking state. So ‘You’ alone are true. In both the states ‘You’ are present and therefore ‘You’ are omnipresent. ‘You’ lived in the past, ‘You’ live in the present and ‘You’ will live in the future. The ‘You’ aspect is timeless and therefore is Divine.”