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**SimSlim** · 09-10-2010, 07:33 PM

On one level I completely get the idea that everything is illusion (like a hologram or dream) - I like the concepts of no-self - emptiness - no-thing. That all emotions are dukkha. Everything is connected.

On another level in this dream I have a human form that would like a roof over its head and food and clothes and friends - that feels happy and sad (even if I have learnt not to react so much to the more negative emotions or crave only things that make me happy) - that feels pain.

Sometimes I get stuck on the concepts of emptiness and illusion and the living of this human form in this lifetime.

Hello Dragonfleye and welcome,

I think you might be getting a little muddled in general about what the Buddha actually taught.

I suggest that first perhaps you focus carefully on his teachings and what he actually advised regarding the Four Noble Truths, as taught by Ajahn Sumedho here:

http://www.buddhanet.net/4noble.htm

You might also like to investigate the meditation videos in Study Links.

Kind regards,

Aloka-D

09-10-2010, 07:33 PM	#2
SimSlim Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 503 Senior Member	On one level I completely get the idea that everything is illusion (like a hologram or dream) - I like the concepts of no-self - emptiness - no-thing. That all emotions are dukkha. Everything is connected. On another level in this dream I have a human form that would like a roof over its head and food and clothes and friends - that feels happy and sad (even if I have learnt not to react so much to the more negative emotions or crave only things that make me happy) - that feels pain. Sometimes I get stuck on the concepts of emptiness and illusion and the living of this human form in this lifetime. Hello Dragonfleye and welcome, I think you might be getting a little muddled in general about what the Buddha actually taught. I suggest that first perhaps you focus carefully on his teachings and what he actually advised regarding the Four Noble Truths, as taught by Ajahn Sumedho here: http://www.buddhanet.net/4noble.htm You might also like to investigate the meditation videos in Study Links. Kind regards, Aloka-D
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