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Comment on Uprooting illusions by thewellhousecircle

thewellhousecircle — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:21:16 +0000

Emptiness is also still an object.

Comment on Uprooting illusions by Madhu Sameer

Madhu Sameer — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:16:25 +0000

The buddhists first meditate to get away from illusion, to realize emptiness. And then the next stage is to realize that even that emptiness is an illusion…

Comment on Uprooting illusions by thewellhousecircle

thewellhousecircle — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:48:49 +0000

I love your comment. But holding on to illusions is not simply a way of avoiding the pain of being pissed off – if it were, I might want to hold on to them more! I think we are often conflicted in our relationships with our illusions as we are in other relationships. We are pissed off, repeatedly, as our illusions are demonstrably not upheld by what happens. Yet we still stubbornly hold to those illusions. Why? Because our illusions are self-defining, they are also often shared and give us a sense of identity not just as an individual but in a group, in society. It is a scary prospect to be without illusions – if it even is possible. The process of working on that, to get closer to there, is a lifelong journey.

Comment on Uprooting illusions by thewellhousecircle

thewellhousecircle — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:43:28 +0000

At least you are aware of your ‘illusion life’, Dody – that gives you a different relationship with it. Not everyone has that awareness. I’m thinking that the illusions I’m aware of as illusions, are no longer illusions. They’re fantasies or nice stories or whatever. It’s not just wordplay. It’s the illusions I’m not aware of that I’m more interested in – things that I’ve given the status of truth/reality because I want them so much to be that. Thanks for your reflections. I think most people settle into their illusions as life ticks over. But there is another goal/way, which is to step out of the cycle of pain/pleasure that having illusions perpetuates.

Comment on Uprooting illusions by thewellhousecircle

thewellhousecircle — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:35:46 +0000

Maybe one of the last remaining illusions, in the world of avidya that we inhabit, is that I may be able to see clearly without the colouring of illusions, if only for a nanosecond here and there. More likely it is like an onion or a set of Russian dolls. I strip away each illusion and see more clearly now coloured by the deeper, more subtle, or just different illusion – until I see past that one too. Thanks for your comments as ever, Madhu.

Comment on Uprooting illusions by litlove

litlove — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:24:05 +0000

I am all for parting with illusions, Why? Because by their very nature they are unstable and unreliable, and will often let you down just when you need them most. My career was spent in university departments where truth and reality were notions that we deconstructed and undermined. But that clever cognitive fine slicing doesn’t do away with the truth and the reality that do exist around us in the solid, self-evident world and in the relations we work at building (if we could rely on illusions, we wouldn’t need to spend so much time on our relationships!). My favourite saying is that the truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. I think most people cling to comforting illusions in order to avoid the pain of being pissed off. But what’s real and reliable is the only stable and reliable ground we have. It’s worth it to get there.

Comment on Uprooting illusions by Dody

Dody — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:30:31 +0000

I am afraid the older I get, the more comfortable I am living within the confines of my illusions. I am not able to think terribly hard about whether it is or is not reality, my head starts to ache. However, little experiments I have been doing with myself over the past few months, do tell me you can create your own reality. Sometimes, we are jolted out of it by events – example the Boston Marathon bombing. As a result, today, I feel a bit spongey and unsure. I am already making plans to return to the illusion life I have been carving out.

Comment on Uprooting illusions by Madhu Sameer

Madhu Sameer — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:00:31 +0000

We arent’ capable of “seeing” reality as you say. So everything that we see, and hear, and feel, and know, *is* an illusion at its core. So the term *illusion* itself is an oxymoron.

Nice blog, nice thought process….

Comment on Three green parrots by Sherry

Sherry — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:46:17 +0000

I saw three green parrots too one day, if you care to hear the long, long story…

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