Book of the Sleepers

The Sleeper has come to the Awakened, yawning deeply.

- I heard from others that you had reached something, which is not spoken about among simple people. Tell me please, what is that you have learnt ?

The Awakened has smiled.

- I have reached nothing. I have simply ceased to sleep anymore.

- I too do not sleep in the afternoon, and sometimes I may not sleep even at night. If it’s everything, of what you are capable – than you are not greater than I am at all.

- In the world of those awakened there are no those, who are greater, and those, who are lesser, - answered the Awakened.

- Then why do they say differently?

- The ones saying this are sleeping ones – much like you are.

- Then how do I distinguish those saying this from those awakened ?

- Look in their eyes, and if you are close to awakening – you will feel the difference.

- Why does the sight of these, how you call them, awakened ones, is shining with fire of unknown origin, disturbing me ?

- Because their eyes are opened.

- Who is this sleeper, of which you speak all the time ?

- It’s you.

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A sleeping mind is full of illusions. The one plunged in sleep is like the water carrier with a sieve full of holes. Only having awakened it’s possible to see those sleeping.

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The dream of the sinner in filled with expiations. The dream of holy one is filled with inspirations. The dream of evil one is filled with treachery. The dream of kind one is filled with joy.

Only having realized all these dreams, it is possible to take the first step to awakening.

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The sleep of everyone was long. Awakening demands time. For those who have awakened time is stopped.

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It’s possible to become the richest one in sleep. It’s possible to become the poorest beggar in sleep. The value of awakening cannot be measured.

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When you live common life – you remain in a dream. When you sleep – you remain in a doubled dream. Few ones are capable to awake truly, but those who did still live common life.

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The love is transformed to hatred, and hatred pretends to be love. The love and hatred of sleepers are doomed to endlessly transform into each other.

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Mind in sleep is full of illusions. Illusions of one are capable to damage minds of others. Dreams are similar to illusions. The most powerful dreams of sleepers should never come true.

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It’s impossible to awake, not living in sleep. It’s impossible to fall asleep, not living in sleep. Only those learnt will confirm these words.

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It’s possible to sleep in the afternoon. It’s possible to be awake at night. For once awakened there is not difference between day and night.

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Having awakened, you will see sleepers around you. Having fallen asleep again, you cease to see them. Two sleeping ones will never see each other’s sleep.

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Those important will remain. Those useless will vanish. The importance of everything useless is indisputable for those sleeping.

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Good intentions may create hell. Bad intentions strengthen it. There is no difference between different intentions of sleeping ones.

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The shyness, moved to its limit, becomes recklessness. The recklessness, moved to its limit, becomes feat. Heroes of sleepers are always full of shyness.

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The faith, moved to its limit, is fanaticism. The mind, moved to its limit, is genius. Heroes of sleepers are always fanatical concerning possibilities of mind.

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The joy becomes a grief, and grief of others becomes a joy. The grief and joy of sleepers never change their nature.

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Awakening relieves of illusions. Awakening makes one reasonable. A mind, full of illusions, is unable to understand the beauty of awakening.

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Having awakened, you become lonely. Sleeping ones cannot share the path of awakened. Awakened ones are free to aid sleeping ones to wake up.

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The way of sleepers is long. The way of awakened is difficult. Life does not end with awakening.

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Rescue outside is illusion. Rescue in other is illusion. Rescue from illusions comes through own awakening - and the question on saviors disappears.

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The sleeping and awakened ones live in one world. The worlds of both are completely different.

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Sleeping ones dream of own importance. Having awakened, they become guides of importance of Universe to those still sleeping.

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Sleeping ones live in the past, hardly realizing the present. Awakened ones live in the present, presaging the future.

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Nature laws, that were firm earlier, collapse under a stream of new knowledge. Only sleepers firmly believe in own pansophy.

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In the beginning there was a dream. Then comprehension has come. Awakening has come after comprehension. Such is a way of the world. Such is the way of everyone.

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We dream and think that we exist. We awake to see our former dream. Are we all the dream of someone another ?

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It’s possible to wake up from an intolerable cold - and to see winter, reigning around you.

It's possible to wake up, having heard birds, singing behind a window, - and to find spring’s arrival.

It's possible to wake up in sweat from devouring summer’s fire, when the sun is already in zenith.

It's possible to wake up with arrival of autumn when from a last leaf falls from withering tree.

Every awakened one has its own path.