BTTR WRLD ILLUSION

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Here’s a summary of the key points from this passage:

1. The Illusion of a Better World

• Many people believe that this world isn’t the “real” world, and that a better, perfect world exists somewhere else.

• “The idea that there is some other better world is obviously false.”

2. The Fantasy of Escape

• The belief in a better world arises from frustration with life’s challenges and the harshness of reality.

• “The message that this is a garbage world then becomes really attractive, and we want a way of escape to some other, better world.”

3. Brutal Materialism

• In accepting the world as it is, some adopt a materialistic view: life is meaningless, and we simply accumulate pleasures to make it bearable.

• “This is a grind. Hedonism is a kind of carefree enjoyment of sensory pleasure... this materialistic outlook is actually joyless.”

4. The Extraordinary Nature of the Actual World

• The world we live in is far from ordinary—it's extraordinary and beautiful, yet often ignored or hidden by our distractions.

• “The world is absolutely extraordinary. The actual world is incredible.”

5. Avoiding Reality

• People tend to shut out the intensity and beauty of the world, as well as the suffering that exists, to live in an “ordinary” world.

• “We shut out the actual world and live in a different fantasy world, not the fantasy world of perfection but the fantasy world of ordinariness.”

6. Poking Holes in the Fantasy

• It's possible to shift our focus and begin to see the world for what it truly is: a mixture of wonder and suffering, but still beautiful.

• “We can live in the actual world, which is extraordinary.”

This passage calls for a shift in perspective, encouraging us to face the world as it is—extraordinary and filled with both beauty and hardship—rather than retreating into fantasy.

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What does it feel like to attain enlightenment?

Nothing!

Any feelings of ‘attainment’, be it blissful or tortuous can only be a personal mind’s construed, in life’s play ( Lila).

Specially when it comes from “achieving”Enlightenment.

Enlightenment IS, always ‘here and now’, infinitely timelessly.

Empty Stillness that is in Full flow As Love! As Life!

How can “you” attain and/or contain, that which is empty (non existent) or Full & Flowing (abstract existence)!?

How can “you” ( choiceless illusion) attain what is infinite, omnipresent IS-ness.

It’s like trying to hold on to sand in your palm! or Trying to try and fit All of air in a jar.

Impossible, Right?

Either Enlightenment is merely a concept in the dream for “I-self”

Or

It always IS, YOU! Immaculate, whole, singular perfection, AS it is.

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