Tag: Illusion
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Letting Go of Illusion: An Invitation to the Present Moment
Read time 3 minutes. Letting Go of Illusion is a stand alone article within our letting go series. Sometimes I dream something bleak. A tragedy. A loss. A situation I don’t want to deal with. Then I realize—oh, I’m dreaming. And in that moment, everything lifts. Relief rushes in. The burden vanishes. Letting go of illusion feels a…
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Imaginative and Emotive Activity
Read time 3 minutes. Explore the vicious cycles that arise as a result of our imaginative/emotive activity. This stand alone article is part of our letting go series. In our last lesson, we saw how emotions are born from a disconnect between intellect and instinct. Today, we look closer at how that disconnect gets amplified—and why our emotional…
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Video: Conscious Awareness and the Nature of Illusion
Redefining illusion There are two reoccurring themes referenced in this video. First, you are not your thoughts and emotions. You are the one that witnesses the thoughts and emotions. Second, there is an illusory quality to reality as we experience it. Orgyen Chowang makes a subtle yet profound point regarding illusion which I have often…