To act with awareness is freedom and to act without awareness is bondage.
The difference between freedom and bondage is awareness. Self-awareness is true awareness with reference to which the thought projected world is seen as a myth-as just a narration of an imaginative mind.

"Tell me," demanded the king, turning to his bewildered minister, waking up from an afternoon siesta. "Just a while ago I was a butterfly. Now, on waking up, I find myself to be a king. Which of these two experiences is the truth?"
The minister replied:
"Your Highness, doubtless, you are king - not a butterfly."
The king was not convinced. He said:
"O minister, how do you know? It might be that I am the king in the butterfly's dream!"