he was much like a nomad , who had been wandering in an arid desert for eons and eons , and now when he had at last come across an oasis , rather than entering it and partaking of the sweet life giving waters and the delightful fruits that lay there in abundance , stood at a distance , rubbing his eyes in disbelief at the very presence of the oasis , debating its very existence and attributing the lovely image he saw of it to some form of a mirage .