My interpretation of it is that "life is only a dream". Your interpretation seems to me equally valid. I think you may be the first person ever to delve into the metaphysics of this rhyme.
Very good for me. No I understand it much better. Thank you so much. I've been thinking about this a little. I didn't know this rhyme as a child, and I first heard it when my own children were small. I remember now that the rhyme did strike me as having a surprisingly pessimistic or fatalistic attitude to life, despite the "merrily merrily" refrain , but it doesn't seem to worry the small children to whom it's taught.
Click to expand Good point. We all agree on that. But there are multiple theories on how to break it down, what each object and line mean.
No breaks. No rests. Keep moving. How you look at things, positive versus negative, optimist versus pessimist. Be happy, be passionate on the way. They say attitude is everything. Enjoy your life, enjoy the ride. We cannot decide what happens, but we can decide who we are, what we become, how we react, how we cope. And our choice. Be careful of distractions that could pull you away from your goal. Row gently because to push or force or fight the natural direction your life is leading you will only create stress and upset.
Water can be rough but you can get through. A negative attitude will not help, in fact, it will make things worse. Use the challenges you face to make you a better person.
The world is physical around us, yet thoughts and emotions change, shift, alter, transmutation making something less physical, solid.
You have to row your own boat. Control yourself. When someone is rowing on their own, it implicates free will and the choices they make that decide which paths they take. When rowing with others, it touches on the need to work together, in unity to reach the intended goal.
Force creates resistance. This is not a rehearsal, not a dry run, not a trial run before the real thing. This is the real thing. You might as well enjoy it. Where are you going? Are you headed where you want to be headed?
Are you working for what you want? Are you trying to race through your life? Are you learning, growing, achieving what you want?
Are you open to positive change? Open to new paths? Are you fighting things for the sake of fighting them? Are you fighting for what you believe in without being cruel or self-destructive?
Do you approach your life with hope? Have you worked through and let go of your past? Are you hurrying through things you could instead be enjoying? Are you flexible when things change? Do you adapt well to change? Are you happy? Why or why not? Are you approaching things with a positive attitude?
Do you try to find the silver lining? Are you aware that regardless of trials, pain, suffering and challenges, there is always hope?
Socrates -- we poisoned him because he was a great disturber. Jesus -- we crucified him because he was a nuisance. Everybody is dreaming such beautiful dreams, and these persons unnecessarily, and without being invited, go on disturbing people and saying to them, "Wake up! You are dreaming. This is a dream. If you become alert a dream disappears; if you become alert of your misery, the misery disappears.
You cling to it because you think it is not misery, or some happiness is hidden somewhere in it. It may be misery outwardly, but a deep treasure is hidden behind it, so you have to cling to it for that treasure. Your life is misery -- but not for you. Realize its misery, it falls down. The very truth transforms you.
And the moment misery falls the divine is revealed. To a miserable mind the divine cannot be revealed. To a celebrating mind the divine is revealed. Remember, only to a celebrating mind, to a mind which is happy, blissful, enjoying moment to moment, ecstatic, is the divine revealed.
To a miserable mind the divine cannot be revealed, because a miserable mind is closed. The divine is here and now, but you are not here and now. If you are also here and now then the divine will be revealed to you. Ok, so I got some different perspectives. Just some mental masturbation from my side that doesn't really matter in the end.
But I've heard this several times and started to wonder what people mean. Race, culture, society, religion, who you think you are, etc. Those things are not true because they are temporary and changing. God is the only Truth because it never changes. God appears as everything we see but everything is not God. Our body and mind are not God because they are constantly changing. Being in the dream state means you believe all the finite things are Truth even though they aren't.
Posted May 16, In the direction of living in Truth, it is important to remember these two rules: i Life is a dream; ii We are the witness. There are very few fortunate ones who realize the truth of existence. The majority of us live and die in slumber. We have to awaken from this dream life, in order to realize That which is not a dream; we have to become aware of the drama in order to recognize that which is not a drama.
Since all lies belong to the dream-world, they are false and untrue. Once this is experienced, one realizes that one was always free! What immeasurable bliss and joy this knowledge brings in its wake! There is no way of gauging its dimensions, nor can it be expressed in words, nor is there a method of conveying this joy. Learn more. What does "but" mean in "Life is but a dream"? Asked 10 years, 1 month ago. Active 10 years, 1 month ago.
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