A Butterfly Dream

A Butterfly Dream Once I dreamt I was a butterfly fluttering aloft in the air or was the butterfly me metamorphosed in a dream. *** Note: "Once I, Zhuang Zhou, dreamed that I was a butterfly and was happy as a butterfly. I was conscious that I was quite pleased with myself, but I did not know that I was Zhou. Suddenly I awoke, and there I was, visibly Zhou. I do not know whether it was Zhou dreaming that he was a butterfly or the butterfly dreaming that it was Zhou. Between Zhou and the butterfly there must be some distinction. This is called the transformation of things." --Zhuang Zhou [Zhuangzi] (c.369 BC-c.286 BC)