Transcript

Of course, you exist. Don't worry if you didn't. How would you know it? They wouldn't exist. Anyone to know they don't exist. To put your existence to doubt is to prove it. Only one who exists may wonder whether they do or not right,right? Unless our premise is wrong, a wrong premise may produce a perfectly logical wrong conclusion. And what is our premise? Our premise is the very question to ask, do I exist is already to set yourself up for a wrong answer. The Buddha's most life changing teaching addresses this paradox, but we'll get there in a bit. This video has three parts.

First, we look at how language makes us hallucinate a virtual reality entraps us in it. Next, we'll explore what a better representation of reality might be. The Buddha will offer some profound insight here. Finally, we will take what we've learned and apply it to ourself, or to what we take to be ourself. By the time we are done, you see your true nature transcends all questions, words and concepts. You may aim at it. This is an insight powerful enough to change your entire experience of life. But we'll take things one step at a time. First, let's deal with our collective hallucination. Let's talk about language