mistaking thoughts for reality
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Summary
We make pictures of reality and then mistake the picture for reality, so we tend to believe the picture is right and the reality is wrong. The price of thinking is that we believe our concepts of reality are reality; we can’t stop mistaking our thoughts for reality, that is the nature of thought.
Part of ↑ ideas and reality
Main theme
The price is that we believe our concepts of reality are reality
1Bussho 2: Without a Concept of Buddha-Nature Winter 2005 — Bussho
we can’t stop mistaking our thoughts for reality, that is the nature of thought
2Bussho 3: Joshu’s Dog and Concepts Summer 2005 — Bussho
Developed
But we mistake the picture for reality. So we tend to believe the picture is right, and the reality is wrong
3Dropping Off Heart, Mind and Body June 2007 — Padmafarma