Dreams Are Not Empty

He spent three days in a quiet room facing the wall, with only a flickering candle in front of him. The flames flickered on and off, and light and darkness alternated between square inches. When it is bright, there are shadows on the wall, as if there are thousands of worlds; when it is dark, everything becomes silent and nothingness. "This candlelight is the dream of all living beings. When you wake up, it is like a light burning, and you see the world clearly and vividly, thinking that it is constant; when you are dreaming, it is like a light extinguishing, and you fall into darkness, thinking that everything is nothing." "However, when light goes out, darkness arises, and when awakening passes, dreams come. These two are just two sides of the flow of mind, just like the alternation of breathing, one is indispensable. Obsessing with waking up is like just inhaling and not exhaling." "Dreams are not about indulging in illusions, nor about pursuing eternal daylight. They are about knowing dreams when you are awake, and knowing when you are awake when you are dreaming.