Attaching to illusions makes seeing beyond impossible

1. Attached to Illusions
August 28, 2011
As children we are given some standard fairy tales, as well as
most parents creating different illusions protecting a reality,
thinking it’s best for the child’s innocence. The process of giving
up illusions begins at around 8 years old, when Santa Clause, tooth fairy, Easter Bunny, and
whatever cultural illusions are used for children. Illusions that make one happy are tough to
give up ...that’s why religions hang in there even though, more and more today, everyone
knows all the stories are made up inspite of some value.
One illusion often gets replaced with another usually at an early age, soon becoming
imprinted, and guarded with alleged certainty. It’s much like giving up one bad habit usually
invites in the growth of another. People of illusion cling together reinforcing their
interpretation of the illusion. More pedantry, local yokel types bond together while the
somewhat arguably more ‘sophisticated’ join their own ‘cult offshoots,
often for connections that aid them in a self serving way,
usually monetarily. DisneyLands rise all over the world to
give people a respite from a reality that they’ve judged as
inferior to an illusion that provides a childlike fantasy.
Aliens and the UFO craze replaces religion for people
who think they are over illusion. Certainly there must be beings on other
planets, but none have verifiably visited on planet earth in the past century
or two. Since the 1950’s, it’s become a multi billion dollar opportunity for
‘believers’ and those who feed the illusion for profit. The whole ‘alien’ thing
is spun so intricately that it even seems real. Knowing the research sources
that are ‘objective’, are lights of truth even though not popularly seemingly easily available.
Promoters of illusion usually have a monetary motive even when they believe the illusion.
There are over 1/2 million promoters of religion illusion (I call them religions salesmen) in
the US alone.
Illusions in religions are often represented by ‘archetypes’ to personify certain values in life.
Unfortunately, the ‘believers’ through their ‘idolatry’ miss the message’s deepness and
richness. Anyone who is deeply introspective while open to knowing their deeper self, finds
religions to be taken lightly at best. All is always in flux for those not attached to ‘anyone’s
words, especially when idolizing them as the ‘only way’. The ‘wise’ are those who move
beyond ‘smoke screens’, parroting others, as well as being worshipped themselves. The
ignorant ‘worship’ instead of finding love within themselves, and with others. A wise being
avoids all ignorance.
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