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有一個人作夢發了財，也當了官，甚至於將要做國王了，這時候來了一個人告訴他：「先生，你現在是正在作夢！」這個作夢發財、當官，將要做總統、國王的人，不相信，說：「我現在都是實實在在的，又發財，又當官，又要做總統，又要做國王，你怎麼說我作夢呢？豈有此理！」等他這個夢醒了，沒有人告訴他，他自己也知道，「啊！原來我這個發財、當官、做總統、做國王是在夢中做的。」他就知道了，即使沒人告訴他，他也知道了。
我們人生就好像作夢似的，現在我對你說這是作夢，你會說，「實實在在擺在這兒的事情，你怎麼說是作夢呢？這真是騙人的。」等到你修行成功了，夢醒了，不需要有人告訴你，你就知道說，「我原來以前所行所做，所有的經過，我又做過某某地方的長官，又做過某某的國王，又做過總統，又做過外交部長、國務卿之類的，這原來是在作夢。」但他還想這個夢的回憶：「這個夢眞是一個甜蜜的夢啊。」可是再想回到這個夢裡邊眞不容易了，等到開悟了，就知道我們所行所做都是夢。為什麼現在我告訴你們這是個夢，你們還不相信？就因為你這個夢還沒有覺悟呢！你若覺悟這是夢了，那時候你就說：「對了，這是夢。」
待續
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Someone may be dreaming that he is striking it rich, or being appointed as an official, or even becoming the king. At this point someone else says to him, "Sir, you are actually having a dream." But the person who is having the dream in which he becomes a rich man, an official, a king or a president cannot believe what he is told. "Everything that is happening to me is real," he says, "I'm getting rich, and I'm also an official, and I'm also the president and the king. How can you say that I am dreaming? That's ridiculous!" However, when he awakens from his dream, without anyone telling him, he will know, "Oh, it was actually in a dream that I became a rich man, an official, a president, and a king." He will realize this without having to be told.
So too we people are as if in a dream. Now I will tell you: this is a dream. Although I've told you, surely you will reply, "What do you mean, a dream? This is all real. These things are actually happening. How can you say it is a dream? You cheat people." When your cultivation is accomplished and you awaken from this dream, without anyone telling you, you will know, "Actually everything I did in the past, all my past experience, was a dream. In the past I have been a high official, the king of a certain country, the President, the Secretary of Foreign Relations, the National Defense Minister, and so forth, and it was all just a dream." But at that time you still recall the dream and think, "That dream was such a sweet dream!" But if you want to return to that dream, it is not easy at all. Once you are enlightened, you will know that everything we do is a dream. Right now, the reason you do not believe me when I tell you that you are dreaming is that you still have not awakened from your dream. When you awaken you will agree, "Yes, it was all a dream."
To be continued
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