The World's Illusion, Spiritual Awakening and Enlightenments

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The world around us looks so real, and to proclaim that it is only an
illusion may seem sheer nonsense. How can it be? Yet, it is possible
to accept this idea. I believe you agree with me, if I say that the
body is some sort of an extraordinary machine. It is made up of a
combination of materials, but it functions as a unit. Can you say
confidently that you are the body? Are you the hair that is cut and
thrown away when you go to the hairdresser? Are you your fingers
nails, nose, legs or thighs?
The body changes through the years, are you this changing form?
Can you say that you are a particular thought? Many thoughts pass
through the mind each day. They are like a movie that passes in front
of your eyes. Sometimes the movie is interesting, and sometimes it is
boring. Sometimes it engenders happy feelings sometimes it causes the
rise of sadness or anger. Do you remember a thought that you thought
an hour ago? Yesterday? How can these thoughts be the real you? You
think them, but you are not them....

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