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Authentic Reality - Confessions of a Confirmed Skeptic
Reality — The way that it is, exactly as it is, in every moment.
There’s no mistake in the universe. For the universe is what reality is measured by. To think in any other way is fearful and hopeless.
Let’s look at an example. For whatever reason, I have lost a leg and now live with the remaining. The story I am told is that we need two legs. This is where the suffering begins because that argues with reality. The reality is I have one leg. The story tells me we need two legs. Without that story, the reality is that I have everything I need. I’m complete with only one leg. My running may be shaky at first but it’s perfect just the way it is.
It will do the job in the way I need to do it, but not in the way I thought I needed to do it. Obviously, in this world, there needs to be a teacher of how to be happy with one leg and shaky running.
What we say is true (ie 2 legs), is what distorts the sight. It muddies what’s true, and allows us to think things are not fair. If we believe something is not fair, we think we have a legitimate reason to suffer.