“The Dream of Zhuangzi,” in which it seemed to him that he was a butterfly, and the waking with the question, “Who is dreaming whom—the butterfly Zhuangzi or Zhuangzi the butterfly?”—possibly the most famous Chinese metaphor in the world about how consciousness and the world are structured. Zhuangzi was a famous Daoist philosopher and author of parables—standing in the pantheon of Chinese culture on a level comparable to Confucius and Laozi, yet special because his works are accessible to readers of any level of preparation, directly: as text and as vivid imagery. And these parables have a direct, immediate effect on the reader’s mind, transforming the symbols of amusing and instructive stories into a charge of creative energy—energy that each person is free to direct wherever they wish: into business, self-improvement, relationships, or their own creativity. After all, the Great Contemplator told us what he saw around him, constantly turning his gaze not at things, but at time and the primordial in those things. In essence, throughout the entire text it’s about simple, everyday things—but as soon as they come into the field of view of a wise mind, a great secret of this world instantly reveals itself.