" Now you know me"...

At a court banquet, everyone was sitting according to their rank,
waiting for the king to appear.

A simply dressed man came in and took
a seat above everyone else.

The prime minister demanded that he
identify himself.

"Are you the adviser of a great king?"

"No, I rank above a royal adviser."

"Are you a prime minister?"

"No, I outrank a prime minister."

"Are you a king in disguise?"

"No, I am above that rank as well."

"Then you must be God," the prime minister said sarcastically.

"No, I am above that."

"There is nothing above God!" shouted the prime minister.

The stranger replied calmly, "Now you know me.

That nothing is
me."



Traditional
as collected by James Fadiman & Robert Frager