Hi Siska,

Both! It's possible to understand that perceptions are illusory *and* enjoy 
them without being neither fooled by them nor attached to them.

Mike

--- In [email protected], siska_cen@... wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
> 
> > Who wouldn't want to enjoy the taste of a strawberry!
> 
> Those who do not like strawberries?
> 
> How about this, I used to enjoy sour strawberries (and other berries, and 
> also oranges) more than the sweet ones. Is the pleasure from eating 'sweet' 
> strawberries real or illusory?
> 
> Siska
> -----Original Message-----
> From: uerusuboyo@...
> Sender: [email protected]
> Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 14:27:42 
> To: BillSmart@...<BillSmart@...>; zen group<[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Zen] Re: Advaita
> 
> Bill!<br/><br/>Yet the strawberry tastes so sweet! I just feel that your 
> description of Buddha Nature just doesn't seem to engage with life (and yet I 
> know that as 'Bill!' you do!). I think it goes back to the feeling I have 
> that what you say about Buddha Nature, although correct, only focuses on the 
> Absolute. Life is recognising both the relative and absolute as truth. Who 
> wouldn't want to enjoy the taste of a 
> strawberry!<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad
>




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