The mysterious steps of the Path of Absolute Knowledge
‘To be or not to be – that is the question.’
The face in the mirror is startled. ‘Who am I?’ And, between astonishment and discovery, it realizes that it is a shell, a mask, a persona. ‘But is that all I am?’ – it soon asks itself.
Inside this cocoon, the sleeping caterpillar no longer crawls on the lowest levels of its earthly nature. But it dreams of being the blue butterfly that rises to other unknown dimensions, with ethereal and eternal lightness.
Suddenly, it realises that it is no longer a caterpillar, but it is not yet a butterfly. So, inside this cocoon, like a seed, it feels an immense desire to blossom, to be free, to break away and fly towards an unknown sun.
But the caterpillar-self still wriggles inside. It thinks about its social obligations, its survival instinct, its desire to dance and sing its joy full of earthly lightness. Yet deep down, the almost-butterfly is eager to gain infinite and eternal space.
Inside the cocoon, the conflict begins: the caterpillar self feels in its veins the “blood” of its parents, its country, all its traditions and beliefs. The almost-butterfly feels a deep nostalgia ─ a longing simply to be.
Thus, an unknown light, coming from above, opens a crack and reaches the center of the cocoon. The caterpillar self-surrenders. It realises that it no longer is.
The butterfly flutters lightly.
At dawn, the supreme joy of being is realised.
