Within
 a dream,
as long as
dreaming
goes on,
there is
a dreamer.
The moment
I identified myself
with my body
or my mind,
the dream
began.
And so,
you,
we,
they,
and everything
in the world
all became
part of
the dream.
As long as
dreaming
goes on,
the dreamer
does not know
who they are.
Where they
came from,
why they
live,
and where they
are going—
all remains
dark.

From
the first thought
called
"I,"

the world
of the dream
unfolds.
Therefore,
the only way
to wake up
from the world
of the dream
is to have
a life-or-death
nightmare,
struggle
to stay alive,
then wake up
to find
that it was
a dream.
Waking up
from the dream
reveals
that what is called
the self
does not exist,
and with no self,
there is no “I”
to die.
Therefore,
the problem
of life and death
is resolved
only by waking up
from the dream
called 
life and death.
Philosophy,
religion,
and spiritual practice—
all are nothing but
pieces of the dream
woven by thought.
The dream
called “I,”
the dream
called life,
the dream
called this world—
to wake up
from these dreams,
there must be
someone
to dispel
the dream.
It is true
that waking up
on one’s own
is extremely 
difficult.
Therefore,
only one
who has awakened
can help
one
who is dreaming.
A dream is
a world
of illusion,
a world
of falsehood,
a world
that goes on
in darkness.
The world
that those
who have not woken up
have going
in the dream
is quite
a spectacle.
No matter how much 
they eat, 

they try 
to eat 
what never fills them,

struggling, 
fighting one another 
to claim it —
where they live 
is a battlefield.
Trying
to possess
what amounts
to nothing,
they exhaust
all their strength
and end
their lives
for nothing.
Nothing more 

than a fleeting dream.
Even a society
driven by knowledge
and information—
one that those
who are dreaming
keep creating—
is nothing more
than a world
within the dream.
No matter how noble
or elevated
it may be,
it is still
only something
that happens
in the dream.
Because they have not
woken up
from the dream,
on the one hand
they seek God,
while on the other
they can think of nothing
but preparing for war.
Drama
always forms
two sides—
the Blue Team
and the White Team—
and sets
a game
in motion.
They decide
who wins
and who loses,
and try to decide
what is good
and what is evil.
This is how
sleepwalkers behave.
Systems,
institutions,
and laws—
no matter how much
they tear them apart
and remake them,
no matter what
they do
in the name
of reform,
it is all still
within the dream.
Unless they wake up
from the dream,
happiness
and peace
are no more
than slogans
within the dream.
To save
humanity,
there is no other way
than to wake humanity
from the dream.
To wake
others,
I myself must first
wake up
from the dream.
I must become
one who is awake.
For me
to become
one who is awake,
the shortest path 
is to meet
one who is awake
and receive
his help.
For this,
I have decided
to devote
my life.
If there is
even one person
who thinks,
“I must wake up
 and live,”
I will gladly
help that person.
Once you wake up,
the dream
is over.
Only when
you wake up
and see for yourself
do you know
that even
what is called
spiritual practice
or sustaining awakening
belongs
to the dream.
Waking up
from the dream
takes no time.