What does it mean to be profoundly connected to reality?
Reality is what is happening 'out there' in the outside world.
Reality is also what is happening 'in here' in our inner world of thoughts and emotions.
This gets me thinking.
Do our interpretations of reality connect us or separate us from reality?
Do the memories of our past connect us or hinder our being connected to reality?
Does my knowledge connect me or separate me from reality?
Reality is the present moment.
Reality is not what has happened - that is now a memory that was once reality.
Reality is not what will happen - the future is unmanifested as of yet, anything can happen.
To be connected to reality directly I need to just look at it. Not tell a story about it, not interpret it, just see it. Be present to it.
Direct perception of reality generates no suffering. The suffering comes from the story I make up about the direct perception.
Reality = Reality
Story about Reality = Interpretation
Interpretation is something like, "That guy said I was stupid. What a jerk."
Now I have a problem with that guy. He "hurt" me.
The reality of that same situation is: a human being forced air through his vocal chords and made sounds that vibrated the eardrums of another human being. Those vibrations were turned into electrical chemical signals that went to the brain.
Where's the problem here? Where's the hurt?
Pull apart the knot. Unravel the story from reality.
See what is really there.
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