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Why We Are Here: The Grave of Perception

"Walking one evening along a deserted road, Mulla Nasrudin saw a troop of horsemen coming towards him. His imagination started to work; he saw himself captured and sold as a slave, or impressed into the army. Nasrudin bolted, climbed a wall into a graveyard, and lay down in an open tomb. Puzzled at his strange behaviour, the men ā€“ honest travellers ā€“ followed him. They found him stretched out, tense and quivering. ā€˜What are you doing in that grave? We saw you run away. Can we help you?ā€™ ā€˜Just because you can ask a question does not mean that there is a straightforward answer to it,ā€™ said the Mulla, who now realised what had happened. ā€˜It all depends upon your viewpoint. If you must know, however: I am here because of you, and you are here because of me.ā€™" from the book  "The Expliots of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin"  by  Idries Shah ...in truth,  OdiliaCarmen