Jake's Summary
The Dark Side:
I don't
understand the
WH. It does not make sense. Everywhere I look, either it is at my
surrounding
or myself, all is imperfect and in many cases very wrong. The world
does not
seem like an illusion at all, it is very real. The reality is there and
brings
me misery. I have never seen someone or something perfect. Every time I
had a
good meditative experience I had convinced myself that this is closer
to
completeness, yet as I think of it, I don't recall having any
experiences that
a scientist of the future could not explain as a process happening in
the
brain.
The Bright Side:
If the world
we see is
filtered by my perception, then if this world brings misery, it might
be
because of my perception. Things never happened as I expected, which is
in fact
quite remarkable. I will always be surprised and entertained by my
life. Imperfection
makes life entertaining. If imperfection exists, therefore perfection
must
exist. If all experiences can be explained, their property of being New
is
somewhat unexplainable. This Newness gives a taste of the infinite.
This
infiniteness of being brings calm and detached-freedom.
Maybe the WH
could make
sense after all.