unreality of the world

[Maadhavan Srinivasan]

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>From: "Thatte, Uday (NM IT)" <Uday.Thatte at NMB.NORWEST.COM>
>Subject:      Re: unreality of the world
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>Gummuluru Murthy wrote :-
>>We have no difficulty in accepting the lack of water in the mirage of
the
>>desert, or absence of snake in the rope. But somehow, we do not seem
to
>>accept (convincingly to our mind and more particularly in our
day-to-day
>>life) that the world and us are as unreal as that water in a mr^ga
>>tr^shhna. Why do we seem to hold on to this false concept much more
than
>>the other false concepts ?
>>
>>Regards
>>Gummuluru Murthy


>Uday wrote:-
>It seems that the reason why we hold on to this (unseemingly) false
concept
>is because (and after) we have seen and realized that the rope was not
snake
>and the mirage was not water. By that logic, how shall we believe that
>anything is miThya until after we see the truth? How do you stop a
mr^ga
>from chasing the mirage or how do you ask a person to relax in front of
a
>rope which he thinks is a snake? What follows is that as long as we
keep on
>using our intellect (i.e. concious mind) we are compelled to believe in
>anything (whether true or false) which convinces our intellect.
So....is
>that the first obstacle?
>
>Uday.
>


We can see a rope and then  we can realize that the rope was not snake
using our intellect.

We can realize anything using our Intellect only.

If intellect is the first obstacle to realize TRUTH , then
how can we "realize" TRUTH?

Regards,
Madhavan.

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