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"The world is an illusion"
But actually I prefer not to use the word "illusion" any longer because it has overtones of "conjuring trick". And that's unfortunate and gets people's backs up- because they think you're saying that their life experience is trivial- which it absolutely isn't. In fact living a life under earth conditions may be one of the most serious things one can do.
I'd like to replace the word "illusion" with another single word but can't think of one that fits.
"The World" said a famous philosopher is everything that is the the case. Which implies, I suppose, that the world will change as we discover more and more things that "are the case"- as I believe is happening.
I'm not a philosopher and I'm getting out of my depth here.
Think of the world, then, not as a conjuring trick but as a set of circumstances- including Time and Space- which are not representative of the larger Reality but which we have agreed to work within- or play within. By incarnating here- on planet Earth- we agree to a set of rules- call them rules for life- that constrain us the way the rules of chess or football or a video game constrain us. They are very strict, very restrictive, but we choose them because the tougher the rules of the game the more interesting it is- even the more fun it is. We submit to the challenge- as the man said of climbing Everest- because it's there.
But actually I prefer not to use the word "illusion" any longer because it has overtones of "conjuring trick". And that's unfortunate and gets people's backs up- because they think you're saying that their life experience is trivial- which it absolutely isn't. In fact living a life under earth conditions may be one of the most serious things one can do.
I'd like to replace the word "illusion" with another single word but can't think of one that fits.
"The World" said a famous philosopher is everything that is the the case. Which implies, I suppose, that the world will change as we discover more and more things that "are the case"- as I believe is happening.
I'm not a philosopher and I'm getting out of my depth here.
Think of the world, then, not as a conjuring trick but as a set of circumstances- including Time and Space- which are not representative of the larger Reality but which we have agreed to work within- or play within. By incarnating here- on planet Earth- we agree to a set of rules- call them rules for life- that constrain us the way the rules of chess or football or a video game constrain us. They are very strict, very restrictive, but we choose them because the tougher the rules of the game the more interesting it is- even the more fun it is. We submit to the challenge- as the man said of climbing Everest- because it's there.
