Oftentimes this tendency with non-dualist belief does indeed lead to a rejection or minimization of the intensity of experience. And yet, it does seem paradoxical that things seem simultaneously illusory and yet so real; pain especially is something undeniable... And yet there have been monks who burned themselves alive without moving an inch. The layers cascade and cascade ever downwards: Love lights the way <3
It surely is an illusion, but the illusion does 'exist'; the 'illusion' is existent (making it 'real' thereby); also persistent (in the words of Einstein), at least while the 'mind' is. And the 'mind' is, as long as the 'body' is (gross or subtle).
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Oftentimes this tendency with non-dualist belief does indeed lead to a rejection or minimization of the intensity of experience. And yet, it does seem paradoxical that things seem simultaneously illusory and yet so real; pain especially is something undeniable... And yet there have been monks who burned themselves alive without moving an inch. The layers cascade and cascade ever downwards: Love lights the way <3
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It surely is an illusion, but the illusion does 'exist'; the 'illusion' is existent (making it 'real' thereby); also persistent (in the words of Einstein), at least while the 'mind' is. And the 'mind' is, as long as the 'body' is (gross or subtle).