Living In The Real World

Spiritual practitioners are often accused of not living in the real world. 
It depends on what we think the real world is 🙂

Is whatever’s going on a reality?
Or is that which perceives whatever’s going on the reality?

Whatever’s going on is changeable,
whereas that which perceives whatever’s going is unchanging.

Whatever goes on is perceived in the mind.
Whatever goes on in the mind is perceived by consciousness.

So what is real?

Is the essence of consciousness itself 
– pure consciousness, free of judgement –
the only permanent reality?

Meditate, and find out.