Living In An Illusion

Most sentient beings live in an illusion of reality.

Illusion: from Latin illudere ‘to mock’, from in- ‘against’ + ludere ‘play’.

We are born, educated to fit in, become clever, read the ‘news’, go shopping, grow old and die … that’s it. Our true reality just passed us by. We never know that we are perfect Buddhas, in the muddied waters of contrived confusion.

We are nothing special.
What is unique is knowing what we are,
instead of believing whatever others tell us.