The body we see is an illusion created by the mind. Our eyes take in external pictures of the world which our mind interprets as reality. When we look at our own body, we are only seeing a mental picture created by memorization of the front view. We cannot see or remember what our back looks like because it is not in our memory. Through meditation, we can come to realize that the body is just a mental construct and does not truly exist as we perceive it. We should not worry so much about something that is ultimately invisible.

1. Do you know, what you see as your own body,
is an illusion?-wisdom 43
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Dr. Dammika Wijerathna
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I am 100% sure that you strongly object to what I wrote up as a heading.
You never believe it.
Do not be panic. Read this article slowly &see whether what I said is right or wrong.
Look at your body. You can see it from your own eyes except Head & Neck & the Back. If you
want to see them you must go to a mirror or any other shining material.
100% relax your mind & see!

2. The Head & Neck part & the Back you see without a mirror is a mental picture or a mental
reflection. Otherwise you cannot see them from your own eyes.
Then close your eyes & pay attention to your body. It’s totally a mental reflection or a mind
picture.
Then open your eyes & see your body. It is also a color picture; you absorbed from your eyes &
dump on your mind like a digital camera absorb pictures & dumps on its screen at the back.
(This is the most difficult part to understand as a lay person.)
I will give you a small example to make it a little realized.
Suppose a digital camera equals to your body. Camera lens is your eye.to whatever direction you
move your camera, there will be pictures on the screen.As long as the camera is on , the pictures
will be on the screen. BUT CAMERA CAN NOT TAKE ITS OWN PICTURE. Lens can always
absorb the outside pictures ONLY.
Human eye is also the same. As long as your eye is on, there will be pictures on the mind screen.
EYE TOO TAKE EXTERNAL PICTURES ONLY like in that camera example.
Same way, body you see as your body is an external picture to your eye & internal “ Klesha” or
mental defilement is the one that tells you the body picture you see as yours.
When we summarize what we wrote……..
1. When we open eyes & see our body, it is an external picture to human eye like my
camera example.
2. The Head & neck area & the back cannot be seen because it is a mental picture. i. e. you
memorize the Head & neck area & the back.
3. Close your eyes & see the body. It’s totally a mental picture now.
4. Go to a mirror & it’s totally a mirror reflection.
There is a story here. When you open or close your eyes, you are familiar with the front side or
front view of the body picture. What about back side or back view? Nobody cares of it much.
Can you imagine the back side of your Head?
No! you cannot almost.
Why is that?
I.e. because the Back side picture of you is NOT in your memory chip or mind, so that even if
you try to take it out mentally, it is very difficult. So you do not bother about it much.
Conclusion comes now.

3. The thing you have seen as your body is a body or a mind picture. What you see as your body is
your front view body picture only. Why can’t you memorize your own backside picture?
Once you grow your mind, you can see what actually the body is. When you go on meditation,
the whole your body is going invisible & actually what happens here is, the body picture you see
as your body is going invisible.
Really speaking, what you grasp as the body is the body- picture of your mind.
Body invisible means, your eye, ear, nose, tongue is also going invisible.
What you can see as the world is ONLY the COLOR OF THE WORLD. OR “ WARNA
RUPA”.
SO! WHY DO YOU WORRY ABOUT YOUR BODY?
Your worry up to now is for an invisible thing.( read ABIDAMMA DESHANA).
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