She opens her hands into a butterfly. She nods enthusiastically. But now we come to the dream part. The man is a higher stage than the butterfly. So he wakes up as Chuang-tzu, still confused, because he has been dreaming he belonged to a lesser stage.
China is the great cocoon for the birth of the new archetype.
It will come out of our hearts when they break open. Then the dream will become real, and the new archetype, the butterfly will fly all over the Earth. It is only in the intentional silence of vigil and meditation, or in the quiet places of Nature, that we encounter the song of the universe. Everyone has their own 'personal tree' to sit in. Life's circumstances sometimes seem overwhelming, but we must remember the amazing power of love.