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the king said, "Okay, you try," this mystic threw off his clothes, jumped under the table and crowed like a rooster.
The prince became suspicious, and he said, "Who are you? And what do you think you are doing?"
The old man said, "I am a rooster, more experienced than you. You are nothing, you are just a newcomer, at the most an apprentice."
The prince said, "Then it is okay if you are also a rooster, but you look like a human being."
The old man said, "Don't go on appearances, look at my spirit, at my soul. I am a rooster like you."
They became friends. They promised each other that they would always live together and that this whole world was against them.
A few days passed. One day the old man suddenly started dressing. He put on his shirt. The prince said, "What are you doing, have you gone crazy, a rooster trying to put on human dress?"
The old man said, "I am just trying to deceive these fools, these human beings. And remember that even if I am dressed, nothing is changed. My roosterness remains, nobody can change it. Just by dressing like a human being do you think I am changed?" The prince had to concede.
A few days afterwards the old man persuaded the prince to dress because winter was approaching and it was becoming so cold.
Then one day suddenly he ordered food from the palace. The prince became very alert and said, "Wretch, what are you doing? Are you going to eat like those human beings, like them? We are roosters and we have to eat like roosters."
The old man said, "Nothing makes any difference as far as this roos-ter is concerned. You can eat anything and you can enjoy everything. You can live like a human being and remain true to your roosterness."
By and by the old man persuaded the prince to come back to the world of humanity. He became absolutely normal.
The same is the case with you and me. And remember you are just initiates, beginners. You may think that you are a rooster but you are just learning the alphabet. I am an old hand, and only I can help you. All the experts have failed, that's why you are here. You have knocked on many doors, for many lives you have
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