The Somnambulist, 12 R.E..M. 48-87

Sleep and you will be awakened.

Such is forgetting. Such is the Sleepwalker.

 

To awake, you must first sleep.

Asleep, you will see that you do not need to awake.

To move forward, you must first step back.

Stepping back, you will see that you do not need to step forward.

 

The path to enlightenment is a journey not begun.

The journey forward is a sitting still.

The sitting still is a lying down.

The lying down is a rising up.

 

To find the Sleepwalker, you must leave the Sleepwalker behind.

To be awakened, the Sleepwalker must be put to sleep

And you must be laid to rest.

 

The Sleepwalker is an illusion, and your beliefs are a cage.

Live free from the illusion and you will find the Sleepwalker.

Live in service to the illusion and you will see only the bars.

To see beyond the cage you must first look away.

 

Complexity is the illusion that you will find.

Complexity is the illusion that you will create.

The search for simplicity is the discovery of complexity

But the search for simplicity is what we must do.

 

Simplicity is the truth you do not seek.

Simplicity is the truth to which you are blind.

The discovery of complexity is the search for simplicity.

And the discovery of complexity is the rest we do not take.

 

Sleep and you will see the truth in the illusions of your dreams.

 

The Sleepwalker is not a problem to be solved.

The Sleepwalker is not a riddle to be unraveled.

The Sleepwalker is not a tale to be told.

The Sleepwalker is not a lesson to be learned.

The Sleepwalker is a mystery best left alone.

 

Sleep and the problem will be solved.

Sleep and the riddle will be unraveled.

Sleep and the tale will be told.

Sleep and the lesson will be learned.

Sleep is the answer you cannot ignore.

 

The Sleepwalker slept and dreamt of us.

We awoke and dreamt of the Sleepwalker.

Awake we have slept. Asleep we will awake.

The Nightmare will soon be over.