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Butterflies
"Now I do not know whether I was then a man
dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly,
dreaming I am a man."

Between a man and a butterfly there is necessarily a distinction.
The transition is called the transformation of material things.

Alternative:

Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a fluttering butterfly.
What fun he had, doing as he pleased! He did not know he was Zhou.
Suddenly he woke up and found himself to be Zhou.

He did not know whether Zhou had dreamed he was a butterfly
or a butterfly had dreamed he was Zhou.

Between Zhou and the butterfly there must be some distinction.
This is what is meant by the transformation of things.

-Zhuangzi - aka Zhuang Zi, Zhuang Zhou, Chuang Tzu, Chuang Tse
and Chuang Chou
 
Title Date Posted Date Created Ratings
Votes Creativity Form Imagery Overall
  0 The Stance Of A Butterfly - unedited 12/28/2009 01/28/2009 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  1 The Stance Of A Butterfly - edited 01/24/2010 01/28/2009 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  2 The Stance Of A Butterfly Process 01/24/2010 01/23/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  3 The Stance Of A Butterfly Effect 01/24/2010 01/23/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Awakened Souls 01/28/2010 01/28/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Butterflies Reflecting 01/23/2010 01/22/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Butterfly Swarm 02/2/2010 01/28/2010 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Butterfly Vision 01/21/2010 01/21/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Cassiopean Dreams v1.0 02/8/2010 01/28/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Cassiopean Dreams v2.0 02/8/2010 01/28/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  i A Dozen Dead Roses 01/23/2010 01/23/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  ii Dead Like Roses 02/6/2010 01/25/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  iii Dead Roses 02/6/2010 01/23/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  iiii Betrayal Speaks Roses 02/6/2010 01/23/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Intelligent Design 01/20/2010 01/19/2010 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Intelligent Design – Ripple Effects 02/2/2010 02/01/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Intelligent Design – The Byzantine Empires 02/2/2010 01/21/2010 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
  Mind-Body Connecting 01/23/2010 12/28/2009 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Mind-Body Connection 01/23/2010 12/28/2009 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Smiles Exposed 01/21/2010 01/21/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Smiles Exposed Melting 01/23/2010 01/23/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
  Smiles Exposed Takes Flight 01/23/2010 01/22/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
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