A MAN DECIDED TO GO AND STUDY WITH A MASTER

HE WENT TO THE DOOR OF THE MASTER

"WHO ARE YOU WHO WISHES TO STUDY HERE" ASKED THE MASTER

THE STUDENT TOLD THE MASTER HIS NAME

"THAT IS NOT WHO YOU ARE, THAT IS ONLY WHAT YOU ARE CALLED

WHO ARE YOU WHO WISHES TO STUDY HERE" HE ASKE

THE MAN THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT, AND REPLIED "I AM A PROFESSOR"

"THAT IS WHAT YOU DO, NOT WHO YOU ARE," REPLIED THE MASTER

"WHO ARE YOU WHO WISHES TO STUDY HERE"

CONFUSED, THE MAN THOUGHT SOME MORE

FINALLY, HE ANSWERED, "I AM A HUMAN BEING"

"THAT IS ONLY YOUR SPECIES, NOT WHO YOU ARE

WHO ARE YOU WHO WISHES TO STUDY HERE", ASKED THE MASTER AGAIN

AFTER A MOMENT OF THOUGHT, REPLIED "I AM A CONSCIOUSNESS INHABITING AN ARBITRARY BODY"

"THAT IS MERELY WHAT YOU ARE, NOT WHO YOU ARE

WHO ARE YOU WHO WISHES TO STUDY HERE"

THE MAN WAS GETTING IRRITATED

"I AM," HE STARTED,

BUT HE COULD NOT THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, SO HE TRAILED OFF AFTER A LONG PAUSE THE MASTER REPLIED, "THEN YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME STUDY"