THE TWENTIETH
‘The main thing to realise is that matter does not exist. The material world is a function of spirit, and spirit is the vital power which temporarily assumes the appearance of matter — you understand, merely the appearance. Everything around us is illusory,’ stated the mystic with the drooping moustache.
‘As illusory as a dream,’ added the mystic with the shaved head.
‘No, dreams are more real than the material world,’ the mystic with the drooping moustache enlightened him, ‘the greatest error, indeed, is to believe that one actually sees anything.’
‘The question is’ (here the mystical adept with the big mouth shouldered his way into the exchange), ‘why is this material world here in the first place?’
Droopy and Baldy both swivelled their heads no, in rejection of the qu
