ILLUSION
Let's dig deeper into this subject by considering a stage magician. He's a master illusionist. Many people have seen the magic trick where he puts his assistant in a big box and cuts her in half with a saw. What we see is real. We see her head, arms and feet sticking out of the box. But we are not seeing the whole picture. We don't see that there is another person hiding in the box who makes up the other half of the assistant and creates the illusion of one person cut into two pieces.
Even though our physical senses are doing their jobs perfectly, our incomplete picture tricks us into believing a false idea. Our false assumption that the feet that we see are the feet of the assistant leads to the incorrect conclusion that the assistant was cut in half. These two ideas are completely false but our raw perceptions are accurate. Once we see the bigger picture, we understand the true nature of the situation and we are no longer tricked by the illusion.
So in a funny way, it can be said that an illusion is real. Yes, it has a reality to it. It's just that its true reality is different from what we first thought. We were initially tricked into believing a false idea.
But there is something else about a good illusion that is very important and that is this: it is persistent. Even if we know the secret to the magic trick, if it is performed well, it still gives us the impression that something supernatural just happened. Even though we are not tricked by the illusion in the deepest way, the false idea still appears as if it is true and this is why we enjoy the magic show.
And not just this, there are many other instances where an illusion is formed in front of us. And we believe it or are forced to believe it.
Now, the question is, what happens when illusion is used for something big? Will illusion still remain an illusion, or will turn to reality? It is often said that the path to justice is truth. That truth holds all power. That truth is the key to all the happiness in the world. What if that very truth is forced to be seen as a lie? What will happen then? Do we see that as lie?
No.
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