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THE ELUSIVE OBVIOUS
ways, inducing feelings that have little or nothing to do with what is real. When this system of thought creates an experience, particularly one that is inducing strong emotion and using fragments of truth, one gets lost. That is how that which is obvious seems to be elusive.
True awareness during meditation will reveal a sincere longing to be free of any and every pretence all together. One can come to understand that as long as one is creating illusion, one cannot avoid the suffering of the delusion and of the consequent disillusionment. No illusion can withstand the force of being. If you have suffered disillusionment, then be grateful. When one is disillusioned, one loses what is, by definition, unreal. In reality, one has not lost anything. This can inspire a person to give up this endless chasing of rainbows and become sincerely interested in freedom.
The very peace and joy of being that people truly want is in fact being overlooked in all this chasing of form and the myriad strategies during meditation. Peace and freedom is not found in
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