One of the Buddha’s main messages was that the pleasures we seek evaporate quickly and leave us thirsting for more. Junk food makes a good example because it’s fundamental to Buddha’s teachings. This illustrates how subtle delusions can be. Eating some junk food, feeling briefly satisfied, and then only minutes later feeling a kind of crash and maybe a hunger for more junk food.
Let’s take a simple but fundamental example.
For example, lying awake at night with anxiety. Delusions can also produce bad moments that you might perceive as reality. For example, believing the Tooth Fairy would pay a visit after we lose a tooth. Some of our happiest moments come from delusion. When the movie came out, a number of people saw it as mirroring a choice they actually made. In fact, it’s so dramatic, that you’d think a Hollywood movie is exactly where it belongs. That’s a pretty stark choice: A life of delusion and bondage or a life of insight and freedom. Neo can take the blue pill and return to his dream world, or take the red pill and break the shroud of delusion. He offers Neo two pills: A red one and a blue one. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage, into a prison that you cannot taste, or see or touch – a prison for your mind,’ Morpheus says. The Science and Philosophy of Meditations and Enlightenment Living in the matrix How do we stay consistent with our mindfulness practice? Like Neo in The Matrix, you can start by imagining your meditation as a rebellion against an oppressive overlord – the natural selection that perpetrates the delusion to compel you as a slave to its agenda. According to Wright, Buddhism presents an opportunity to liberate ourselves from the delusions in our minds. Written by Robert Wright, Why Buddhism Is True uses the concept of evolutionary psychology and progressive neuroscience to explain the relevance of Buddhist philosophy in improving our lives. This week, Ashto and Jonesy venture on a journey through psychology, philosophy, and meditation practices and learn how Buddhism encourages moral clarity and enduring happiness.
What You Will Learn From Why Buddhism Is True
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