{"id":18101,"date":"2020-11-18T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=18101"},"modified":"2020-11-24T12:48:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T16:48:28","slug":"the-illusion-of-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-illusion-of-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"The Illusion of Reality: Can You Confront the Mirage?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the illusion of reality? How does <em>The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari<\/em> suggest confronting the illusion of reality?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The illusion of reality is the theory that the philosophical theory that there is no objective reality. Everything is open to interpretation and what you consider to be a good thing could be someone else&#8217;s worst nightmare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on for what <em>The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari<\/em> says about the illusion of reality and confronting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Confront the Illusion of Reality<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most fundamental bits of wisdom is also the simplest: <strong>There is no such thing as objective reality. <\/strong>One person\u2019s worst enemy is another\u2019s best friend. Similarly, what seems like a tragedy could be a great opportunity, such as Julian\u2019s heart attack. In short,<strong> do not consider events to be \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cbad.\u201d<\/strong> Just live them, and accept what they have to teach you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To illustrate the point, Julian tells the story of a beloved local schoolteacher in India whose school was burned down by arsonists. However, the school had been very old and run down. With the community\u2019s help, she was able to replace it with a newer, better one, and the students prospered. This shows how you can find opportunity in hardship, demonstrating the illusion of reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Secret of the Lake<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Julian then teaches John another exercise: <strong>the Secret of the Lake<\/strong>. It doesn\u2019t require an actual lake; it\u2019s only called that because the Sages stared into a nearby lake while performing this exercise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find a quiet place, close your eyes, and simply breathe until you feel calm and your mind is clear. Then visualize, as clearly as you can, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-become-the-person-you-want-to-be-2\/\">the person you want to be<\/a>. For example, if you want to be happy, see yourself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/advantages-of-laughing\/\">laughing<\/a> and smiling. If you want to be brave, see yourself acting boldly at a decisive moment. This exercise can be considered practice for when similar situations come up in reality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This exercise is grounded in the idea that <strong>your mind attracts what you want.<\/strong> Therefore, if there is a lack in your life, it\u2019s because there is a lack in your thoughts. The Secret of the Lake is a technique to make sure you are attracting the right things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This principle can be illustrated by the phenomenon where you find a new interest, and then suddenly notice people talking about it everywhere. Raman calls it <em>joriki<\/em>, which means \u201cconcentrated mind.\u201d (Shortform note: Some readers may recognize this by its more scientific name, the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Make Your Own Way<\/strong> to Address the Illusion of Reality<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point, John protests that he would feel strange doing such exercises to confront the illusion of reality in the office. He\u2019s worried about what his associates and employees would think. Julian responds that you must do what you know is right, and not worry about what others think. On a similar note, you must not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/comparing-ourselves-to-others\/\">compare yourself to others<\/a> and measure your worth against theirs. The only one you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s now after midnight, and John mentions with surprise that he doesn\u2019t feel tired at all. 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