Blessings,
Not a diary, but a means to share my experiences with others in the hopes that it will inspire others to share in return.
And of course, there is a desire for constructive, insightful, deep dialog that helps all involved grow and become more awake.
As for seeing life as a dream. Sounds good, but it doesn’t do it for me. I have found investigating the “I” as a more fruitful process for me. Shedding the layers so that more light can shine through.
I am interested though if you actually work with this practice throughout your day. Do you, while in the moment of anger tell yourself life is a dream? Or when you stub your toe, having an organism, eating, brushing your teeth, etc?
Do you find this practice inspires you to be more compassionate, and if so, how? What about being connected, patient, happier, and so forth? I imagine that it could, as when we gain a deeper and more encompassing perspective we might be inclined to express these qualities. Have you found it to be so? Please share an experience or two?
I can also imagine this practice would make us less involved with reality, less compassion, more disconnected, as everything is a dream, nothing really matters anyways ? it’s not real. We might as well enjoy ourselves, take what we want, do what we want, and so forth.
Setting aside karma for a moment, we can see the world as a dream and be the most hideous person in the world. I cannot see how just seeing the world as a dream would inspire us to be loving, caring, enlightened people, for we are no longer bound to the world because we see it for what it is: an illusion.
I think that is why Buddha taught us to balance compassion and wisdom practices. In order for balance, a state i believe to be connected with Enlightenment, there needs to be more than just clear seeing. Reason without compassion can be a very dangerous thing.
Blessings Be