Guest guest Report post Posted July 5, 2006 Nisargadatta , OConnor Patricia <gdtige wrote: > > --- toombaru2006 <lastrain a écrit : > > > Nisargadatta , " pliantheart " > > <pliantheart@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > what is not illusion? > > > > > > > > Nothing. > > > > > > > > > > toombaru. > > > > ...or...all things.....? > > Patricia > illusion n 1: an erroneous mental representation [syn: semblance] 2: something many people believe that is false; " they have the illusion that I am very wealthy " [syn: fantasy, phantasy, fancy] 3: the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas [syn: delusion, head game] 4: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn: magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, deception] An illusion has no substance. A rope seen as a snake never was a snake. To refer to some-thing an an illusion is saying that it is not anything but a misunderstanding. One is saying that it is something but that something is a nothing. Conceptual thought creates a convaluted knot which it then attempts to untie with another thread of concepts. toombaru Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
