Our World

The world we know exists only in our mind. It is real for us, but it is not to be found elsewhere. We are dependent on our sensations coming from our five main doors (i.e., sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch). The world for us is constructed ultimately in our mind. For example, colors do not exist in the physical world. All objects are colorless. Similarly, our eyes work like lenses in a camera. They get a mere two-dimensional picture as any other lens. It is our mind that puts all this together and creates the world for us. This abstraction is a three-dimensional spatial world where time is applied as well. It is an illusion, like matter. There is no such thing as matter. Studying a bit of physics, from Newton's revelations to Einstein and quantum mechanics, verifies these points.

In short, the great maya, illusion, is that the world we know is only a thought, an idea—it is a picture with many objects but, nevertheless, a picture—nothing more, nothing less. No matter what you do, it is all within your mind—even when external to your body, it's still within your mind.

How do you know that you are dreaming while asleep? You don't. It is as real as anything for you—once again a mere thought or an idea but sound proof that our mind is capable of constructing a three-dimensional world even without external sensations. Nevertheless pure pictures that are real for us.

How can you wake up from the illusion while awake? You cannot. No matter what you do, even when you realize the truth, your mind still determines to draw the illusion for you. It just does not have the same impact anymore. Living in a world of ideas or created objects (i.e., pictures, thoughts) does not put us in direct touch with the real existence. We are tied to our sensations. Those are our only link to the existence. Our mind constructs a derivative for us—its interpretation of the sensations, which we then perceive and become aware of. We only know these perceptions—nothing about the real existence.