Sherlock Holmes, that master detective, was sitting in his favorite chair smoking his pipe and reading a book when he heard a knock at the door. It was his loyal friend and assistant, Doctor Watson.
“Ah, good morning, Watson. Don't you find it a bit warm to be wearing your red flannel underwear”
Doctor Watson was astonished by this brilliant stroke of deductive logic. “Holmes,” Doctor Watson said, “how on earth did you guess that I was wearing my red flannel underwear?”
“Elementary, my dear Doctor Watson. You forgot to put your pants on. “
People are moving without pants – without awareness of what they are doing, of what they are not doing, of where they are going; and when you tell them the truth, they think you have revealed something great, “a great experiment in deductive logic”.
Buddhas have been telling you simple truths. No logic is involved at all. Just looking at you is enough: you are not wearing pants! But you go on believing that you are wearing pants.