Enlightenment: The Ego, what is it? How to transcend it.

[greybeard]

Glad you found us S-L and thanks for a great post.
I hope other people follow your lead and find us.
There is an amazing amount of videos here for all tastes the spiritual and scientific confirmation of ancient truth.
Varying perspectives on these matters very welcome.

Chris

[greybeard]

Adyashanti What do you really want?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=j2wcqjFC13M

[greybeard]

Video removed Copyright problems.
Sorry
Chris

[Arak]

This quote from Mooji is really something to think about... I personally feel, that even if I quite often feel as "ready" I know I am far from it. Actually I have no idea where am I?

The ego always wants Truth when it is ready.
It says, 'I am ready now. I am pure, available.'
But Truth does not come when the ego is ready.
Truth comes when the Heart is ready, because Truth and Heart are One.
You have to turn away from the ego.
Jesus himself says, ‘Deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me.’
It means: Deny your personal self, deny your arrogance, deny your ego, your seemingly cozy little identity.
Drop it. Turn away from it. Don't give any energy to it.
And ‘take up your cross’ means what?
Whatever it is that life brings, attend to that, but don’t be asking for the fruits of it.
Don't be claiming any doer-ship of it.
Just move because life compels you to move.
And like this you find yourself in the presence of God.
You don’t know how. You cannot boast.
You cannot say, 'I meditated for 16 hours non-stop and I didn’t even breathe.'
You cannot say or do anything.
All happened by the Grace of God.

~ Mooji
30th of November, 2013

[greybeard]

A very honest post Arak.
If I could make anything happen it would have by now.
I am led and impelled to do whatever seems to be done.

Thanks Arak a great quote too.

Chris

[greybeard]

The essence of all/most religions would appear to be correct.
Surrender to the will of "God"
God being the SELF. Non- duality
God being One without a second --"I am That I am"

New age would seem to be actually about separation---duality.
Claim your sovereignty, own your power etc.

Im not against a good self image, that helps to see you through the trials an tribulations of the world.
However humility, appreciation and acceptance of what is, leads to serenity and a profound peace.
"The peace that passeth all understanding."

Jesus advised, "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and to God that which is God's"

Do we concern ourselves mainly, with that which is temporary, or that which is permanent, always there, eternal. True?
If we look only to the temporary then for sure we will reincarnate.
If our main focus is on the answer to the question "What/who am I? " then the outcome of our existence here is quite different.
When the Self is revealed as what we truly are, then we have graduated from this school.
Good luck with That One.

Chris

[loungelizard]

Thank you very much for this fascinating thread, Greybeard. I haven't as yet waded through all the amazing information here (I'm very new to this forum )

I'd enjoy hearing what you thought about (and I apologise if this has already been talked about on this thread) the Buddhist approach to the ego: that it is not an independent entity that need to gain mastery over and then destroy. Rather, it is developed through the 5 skandha - there is a clear explanation of this process by Chogyam Trungpa here http://www.beezone.com/Trungpa/fiveskandas.html

So the idea of us having to "let go" of this "thing" is actually causing us suffering. We first have to take the time to identify exactly what this assumed I is before we can begin to negate it.

As humans, we need a healthy ego in order to function in this world - that is a prime requisite. But does that "me" truly exist?

I like what Robert Thurman (a teacher for whom I have much respect) wrote:

"The key, again, in the Buddhist sense, is not dissolving but developing the ego into a more flexible and permeable ego. This is considered a strong ego, capable of both surrender and function. The weak ego is the rigid, defensive one."

Thanks again!

[greybeard]

Thanks for your excellent post loungelizard.
It would seem that we have to act in accordance with our level of understanding--no level is better or superior to another.
Its all very subtle-- any explanation becomes a concept the moment it is written.

The famous herding of the oxen is appropriate but not the final non-action.

As the focus on awareness intensifies, the ego and the need for it drops away all by itself.
The ego can serve well up to a point then becomes redundant.
The higher the spiritual energy the more Self is in the driver seat.

Adyashanti says.
"There isn’t a me there never was a me"
Enlightened sages will tell you that when you are ready to hear.
They tend to meet you where you stand then respectfully point out that all belief systems, concepts, are to be let go of.
They are obstacles to enlightenment.
Its not kill them off time.
Bit by bit the identification with the story of me and all that underpins the false belief in a me, is no longer held to be true.
Its a change of focus--- energy is shifted from the untrue to the true.
All that can be said to be true without question is "I am"
That is awareness--non volitional --you cant turn it off, it is ever present--you have no choice in this, though it seems you can direct the attention of it.
Not really---you direct conscious awareness-- full awareness does not need subject or object. It is aware of where you place your attention.
It is unaffected, eternal, unchanged.

Even thoughts such as I am a Christian, a Buddhist, on a path, are divisive-- duality.
Non-duality sees Self in everything, physical,mental,emotional, subject, object, all One.
Yes all different frequencies/energies of the One but none the less One.

The question is "Who am I?" "Who is this that claims authorship of every though word and deed?"
They come they go.
In reality ---nowhere to be found, not permanent.
In the stillness --without a thought---awareness is.

Chris

[Chester]

Posted by greybeard (here)
When the Self is revealed as what we truly are, then we have graduated from this school.
Good luck with That One.
Chris

This said it all in my humble opinion.

[dirmanam]

Hello. Thank you for this opportunity for self-reflection on a important topic ; ego vs enlightenment.
Its a reminder for my self to bend something, look at things from a new angel. It has come to me as a useful metaphor - self-reflection, as it can be a technique to get a glimpse of the future ? ; one might use the reflection in a big window to see what we could not see otherwise..,whats coming around the corner ? If its true that we live in the Era of individuals and we will try to look into the big window.., what is coming ? Whats the results of (every) mans quest for self-realization ? Are we ready to discus the global consequences of our choise and actions in every-day life ?..down to Earth, you and me, personal matters ? Do we already owe the Earth something, do we listen to Her ? Are we moving away from the Earth both physically and mentally ? If yes, is that of interest ? ( what about the younger generation ?)
From a spiritual view some say its getting darker, and that darkness facilitates freedom of choise as we dont see clearly, we dont face the reactions of our actions wich tend to give us a wider range of actions. But is this freedom given mostly in the realms of our ego ? If it was more light available, more people would see and act in accordance with the new horizon ? What kind of light am I / do they talk about ? I will shortly give an example.
Is it a dilemma that many people strive for enlightenment and at the same time so many of them violate this energy, their course simply by living in a modern society, with a modern infrastructure ? For 30 years ago a norwegian writer wrote about the collapse that would occur if every Chines owned a refrigerator. World watch had a similar perspective, that the granary of the world soon would be empty if every Chines consumed a beer once a week.
Why do we want enlightenment today ? Isnt there already enough light and information available to navigate sustainable around existential fields ? Do we feel we need this extra light to enable us to act in accordance with our knowledge ? Do we want to live as France de Assisi ? Are there other sustainable possibilities ? Would an Initiated today redraw from the Earth or work within it ? Can we say that a normal initiation-path today is to participate and endure the challenges given in Family life ? That it is a Light producing event to work together emotionally, stay in crisis, face emotions, be humble but firm, ask for help, be self reflective..
Why do I want enlightenment ? How would I act then ? And what do I do with the present light available ? What is my hindrance to ask for Forgiveness ? How can I better be in a position to truly forgive others and myself ??
I do agree that there is a lot of light in joy! Especially in unconditional Joy as in unconditional Love. These feelings once created tend to resonance in chains of radiation through all living. A power so powerful, so sought after that it can release even the dead..(Talking about accumulation of light and release, we may have to realize that this are not unproblematic units/ feelings for a Huge number of people living on Earth today. Once you have been traumatized there might be a Very long way back to really experience Joy to be something more than just letters.) Im sorry to put this in () as these are the ultimate goals for the radiation of light, love and joy. It calls for tremendous work and patience and humanity to guide traumatized people back to the wonderful marriage body and soul can represent!! As tex in the act of love, traumatized individuals may release fear. For others unharmed individual, I will call to be awake for the esoteric radiations of sex, as a way to pave the path for increased light, a source to give and accumulate light. There we find that the magical and complex spirals of give and receive interchange. Try to be mindful and sincere, sensible and by all mean aroused, but try not to blow out the candlelight with thoughts, an inner dialog, bad self esteem or performance anxiety. We touch upon our godlike potential,( even if babies strange enough can be made in a cruel state of mind) and for now am focused on the light it may produce, and actually represent a channel of true enlightenment
All the best.

[greybeard]

Igor Kufayev - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview

Igor Anvar Kufayev was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In his childhood he had many experiences associated with awakening. An artist by nature he studied philosophy, theology, aesthetics and sacred geometry. In his late twenties, faced with crisis brought by personal traumas, he was trampolined into the higher level of awareness. Initiated into meditation in a dream, Igor immersed himself into the practice of yoga. A year later he learned Transcendental Meditation and practiced it diligently for several years.

Biographical details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Kuf...

At the age of thirty six Igor had undergone a radical transformation of consciousness which subsequently blossomed into spontaneous unfoldment of Grace. For the next five years he continued long hours of meditation, integrating expanded state of awareness throughout his daily activities. Around that time he began sharing his insights with those who were attracted by the energy emanating in his presence.

Igor points out that awakening takes place in the body on a cellular level and it is the body, with its nervous system, that acts as a support for individual consciousness to mature into full Enlightenment. It could be said that his methods are rooted in Tantra, having studied such diverse traditions as Vedanta, Tantra, Sufi and Zen for many years he remains elusive to categorization. Saying that: "Abiding in a state of spontaneous absorption transcends the boundaries of any given truth based on intellectual grasp of ultimate reality...".

He emphasizes the biological nature of self-realization and sees the process as progressive purification of Prana. For vital force directs and orchestrates all movements in the body, and all cognitive processes are linked to the electric current of which Prana is a conduit.

Igor's style of teaching is based on spontaneous and intuitive insight which allows him to empathize with uniqueness of each individual conditioning. He embraces life in its most terrifying contrasts through direct experiences of Love, Life and Death, if only to appreciate more fully the predicament of human condition.

He lives with his partner, Emma Devi and their two small children, Ramana and Keahnu. He looks after his mother who struggles with dementia, while the family is (currently) based in Costa Rica. Igor continues working with those who require guidance, sharing his time between family duties and editing his 10 year correspondence into a book under the title, 'Letter to a Siddha'.

Recently uploaded podcasts:

https://youtube.com/user/FlowingWa...

https://youtube.com/user/SuperBlis...

Igor's spiritual name is 'Vamadeva' (Sanskrit), meaning -- preserving aspect of Shiva in his peaceful, graceful and poetic form.

Interview recorded 3/10/2012

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wvhc3Ej4Fwg

[greybeard]

Hi Dirmanam
Thank you for your interesting post.
All good food for thought.
Best wishes
Chris

[greybeard]

Alan Watts - Transcended ego experience (Mysticism and Morals)


"What I think an awakening really involves is a re-examination of our common sense. We've got all sorts of ideas built into us which seem unquestioned, obvious. And our speech reflects them; its commonest phrases. 'Face the facts.' As if they were outside you. As if life were something they simply encountered as a foreigner. 'Face the facts.' Our common sense has been rigged, you see? So that we feel strangers and aliens in this world, and this is terribly plausible, simply because this is what we are used to. That's the only reason."
...
"As you question this basic assumption that underlies our culture, you find you get a new kind of common sense. It becomes absolutely obvious to you that you are continuous with the universe." -Alan

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WhOpuY8NO0A

[greybeard]

Disclaimer.
I cant say that I agree with all that Nanci says however she maybe right.
I prefer simple.
The focus of this intention is finding out the answer to the question "Who/what am I?"
On knowing That--everything else will be seen in its true light.

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Nanci Danison News letter

Who is more evolved?



Cammie asks: "you mention that you are an 'evolved' being in that you have already gone through all earth incarnations . . . which I believe, however this would suggest that humans are at differing levels of 'evolution' in the soul realm: i.e. a higher and lower. Would you agree with this?" I agree that Cammie has described the human perspective. But it is not accurate from either Light Being or Source's perspective.



It is human nature to think that humans enter into the afterlife. They do not. Humans are manifested animals that die and are gone forever. What some call the human "soul" does not belong to the human at all. I learned in the afterlife that "soul" is Source's own mental perspective, its consciousness, subdivided into small parcels I call mental characters or Light Beings. Humans do not evolve spiritually, only biologically.



It is human nature to assume that humans are terribly important to Source and that incarnating into humans is necessary for our spiritual evolution. It is not. Incarnation into humans is a very small part of the experiences we may choose throughout the universe. And whether or how many human incarnations one has experienced has nothing to do with spirituality. Some characters within Source never incarnate.



It is human nature to believe that spiritual evolution is necessary. It is not. Our religions teach us that we must perform certain tasks, live certain ways, or think certain thoughts in order to evolve enough spiritually to get into heaven or paradise. I learned in heaven/paradise that our religions are teaching us backwards beliefs. We do not have to evolve because we are already integral parts of God/Source's mind. We are mental characters created and existing within Source's own consciousness. Don't we consider God/Source to be the height of evolution? If so, we are already there. Nothing more is needed.



It is human nature to want to arrange everybody into a hierarchy, even in spiritual matters. Animals are organized into hierarchies. Source's mental characters/Light Beings are not. All thoughts, all mental characters, are by nature equal. And it is human nature to want to judge each other's degree of evolution by some standard that humans make up. There is no such judgment in the afterlife. There are no levels or degrees of spiritual evolution.



Incarnation is only the first phase of life. Between incarnations we continue to live in a non-physical state of mind that our religions call heaven or paradise. I learned while living in that state that it is merely a way-station where we can rest, heal, recharge our batteries (so to speak), digest all that we have experienced, and integrate it into our eternal personalities before the next incarnation.



After we complete our desired incarnation phase, we leave the afterlife and continue to experience life by merging into other Light Beings one-at-a time (although at this phase there is no "beingness" to us). We experience their physical lives vicariously, either as them or as ourselves. The next phase is to merge into several Light Beings at the same time and exist as a multi-personality entity. I describe how both these phases felt to me in my first book, Backwards: Returning to Our Source for Answers.



The final experience is awakening to the realization that we are in fact Source itself, simply imagining that we are a separate being out gallivanting around the universe and afterlife. I describe this merger into Source in detail in my third book, Backwards Beliefs: Revealing Eternal Truths Hidden in Religions.



Thank you for being open to the messages I have returned from the afterlife to share.



Nanci


Nanci L. Danison, JD, afterlife experiencer and author of BACKWARDS: Returning to Our Source for Answers, BACKWARDS Guidebook, BACKWARDS Beliefs: Revealing Eternal Truths Hidden in Religions, and the Light Answers to Tough Questions series of CDs and DVDs (A.P. Lee & Co., Ltd., Publishers). Visit me at www.BackwardsBooks.com or watch me on YouTube.

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[greybeard]

Adyashanti Buddha at the Gas pump interview

I'm sorry about the technical quality of this video. We had problems which we weren't able to surmount.

Adyashanti dares all seekers of peace and freedom to take the possibility of liberation in this life seriously. He began teaching in 1996, at the request of his Zen teacher with whom he had been studying for 14 years. Since then many spiritual seekers have awakened to their true nature while spending time with Adyashanti.

The author of The End of Your World, Emptiness Dancing, and True Meditation, Adyashanti offers spontaneous and direct nondual teachings that have been compared to those of the early Zen masters and Advaita Vedanta sages. However, Adya says, "If you filter my words through any tradition or '-ism', you will miss altogether what I am saying. The liberating truth is not static; it is alive. It cannot be put into concepts and be understood by the mind. The truth lies beyond all forms of conceptual fundamentalism. What you are is the beyond—awake and present, here and now already. I am simply helping you to realize that."

A native of Northern California, Adyashanti lives with his wife, Mukti, and teaches extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area offering satsangs, weekend intensives, and silent retreats. He also travels to teach in other areas of the United States and Canada.

"Adyashanti" means primordial peace.
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There are enormous amount of interviews on this site http://batgap.com/

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=kokVqxR5UlU

[greybeard]

Mooji Budhha at the Gas Pump Interview.

Anthony Paul Moo-Young, known as Mooji, was born on 29 January 1954 in Port Antonio, Jamaica. In 1969, he moved to the UK and he is presently living in Brixton, London. Anthony worked in London’s ‘West end’ as a street portrait artist for many years, then as a painter and a stained glass artist, and later as a teacher at Brixton College. For a long time, he was well known as Tony Moo, but is now affectionately known as Mooji* by the many seekers and friends who visit him.

Mooji is a direct disciple of Sri Harilal Poonja, the renowned advaita master, or Papaji, as his followers call him. In 1987, a chance meeting with a Christian mystic was to be a life-changing encounter for Mooji. It brought him, through prayer, into the direct experience of the Divine within. Within a short period, he experienced a radical shift in consciousness so profound that outwardly, he seemed, to many who knew him, to be an entirely different person. As his spiritual consciousness awakened, a deep inner transformation began which unfolded in the form of many miraculous experiences and mystical insights. He felt a strong wind of change blowing through his life which brought with it a deep urge to surrender completely to divine will. Shortly after, he stopped teaching, left his home and began a life of quiet simplicity and surrender to the will of God as it manifested spontaneously within him. A great peace entered his being, and has remained ever since.

For the following six years, Mooji drifted in a state of spontaneous meditation oblivious to the outer world he formally knew. During these years, he lived almost penniless but was constantly absorbed in inner joy, contentment and natural meditation. Grace came in the form of his sister Julianne, who welcomed Mooji into her home with loving kindness, and afforded him the time and space he much needed to flower spiritually, without the usual pressures and demands of external life. Mooji refers to this period of his life as his “wilderness years” and speaks touchingly of a deep feeling of being “seated on the Lap of God”. In many respects, these were far from easy times for Mooji, yet there is no trace of regret or remorse in his tone as he recounts these years. On the contrary, he speaks of this phase of his life as being richly blessed and abundant in grace, trust and loving devotion.

In late 1993, Mooji travelled to India. He had a desire to visit Dakshineswar in Calcutta where Sri Ramakrishna, the great Bengali Saint, had lived and taught. The words and life of Ramakrishna were a source of inspiration and encouragement to Mooji in the early years of his spiritual development. He loved the Saint deeply but as fate would determine, he would not go to Calcutta. While in Rishikesh, a holy place at the foothills of the Himalayas, he was to have another propitious encounter; this time with three devotees of the great advaita Master Sri Harilal Poonja, known to his many devotees as Papaji. Their persistent invitation to Mooji to travel with them to meet the Master made a deep impression on him. Still he delayed the prospect of meeting Papaji for two whole weeks, choosing first to visit Varanasi, the holy city.

In late November 1993, Mooji travelled to Indira Nagar in Lucknow to meet Papaji. It was to be an auspicious and profoundly significant experience on his spiritual journey. He felt it to be his good fortune; he had met a living Buddha, a fully enlightened master. He gradually came to recognise that Papaji was his Guru. Mooji stayed with Papaji for several months. During one particular satsang meeting, Papaji told him: “If you desire to be one with truth, ‘you’ must completely disappear.” On hearing this, great anger arose within his mind, full of judgement and resistance towards Papaji. He decided to leave the master’s presence for good, but later that day a huge dark cloud of anger and rebelliousness suddenly lifted, leaving his mind in a state of such peace, emptiness and a love towards the master, so intense, that he knew he could not leave. Through ‘Papaji’s’ grace, his mind was pushed back into the emptiness of source.

In 1994, with his Master’s blessings he travelled down to Sri Ramanasramam in Tiruvannamalai. This is the ashram at the foot of Arunachala, the ‘Hill of Fire’, where Sri Ramana Maharshi*, the Sage of Arunachala and Papaji’s Guru, had lived and taught. Mooji felt very happy and at home in Tiruvannamalai. He stayed there for almost three months before returning to sit at Papaji’s feet once again.

A week after returning to Lucknow, Mooji received news from London that his eldest son had died suddenly of pneumonia. He returned to England. The bliss of earlier years gave way to a profound emptiness and inner silence, imparted by the Grace and Presence of Papaji.

Mooji at the Gas Pump

Mooji visited Papaji again in 1997. It was to be his last meeting with his Beloved Master, who had by now become ill and frail in his movements, but whose inner light and presence remained undiminished. A month after returning to London, Mooji received news that the Master had passed away. Of this Mooji declares: “That Principle that manifests as the Master is ever HERE NOW. The True Master never dies, it is the mister that dies. The true Master, that Sat Guru* within, alone is the Real”.

Since 1999, Mooji has been sharing satsang in the form of spontaneous encounters, retreats, satsang intensives and one-to-one meetings with the many seekers who visit him, from all parts of the world, in search of the direct experience of truth. Few amongst the modern teachers of the advaita tradition expound the ‘knowledge of Self’, and the method of self-enquiry, with such dazzling clarity, love and authority. There is an energy that radiates from Mooji’s presence, a kind of impersonal intimacy, full of love, joy and a curious mix of playfulness and authority. His style is direct, clear, compassionate and often humorous. Once caught in the grip of his questions, there seems to be no place to hide. So unsparing is his scrutiny and uncompromising stance, that the ‘I’ concept is inescapably exposed as a mental construction, when viewed from the formless awareness we are.

Over the last 8 years Mooji has been travelling to Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden, North America, Argentina, Brasil, India, where he conducts Satsang meetings, Intensives and Retreats. He is ever open to meeting sincere seekers of truth, whatever their background.

Interview recorded 11/19/2011

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rkIiAdZMVgI

[greybeard]

Tony Parsons Budhha at the Gas pump Interview

The Open Secret message is totally radical and uncompromising. It is a rare and singular expression of absolute non-dualism. It bypasses the mind and speaks directly to the very core of a wisdom that is imminent in all of us. When there is a readiness to hear, all seeking and need for personal endeavor falls away, leaving simply the wonder of what is.

There is no me or you, no seeker, no enlightenment, no disciple and no guru. There is no better or worse, no path, and nothing that has to be achieved. All appearance is source. All that apparently manifests – the world, the life story, the hypnotic dream of separation, the search for home – is the one appearing as two, the nothing appearing as everything, the absolute appearing as the particular.

There is no separate intelligence weaving a destiny, and no choice functioning at any level. Nothing is happening, but this, as it is, invites the apparent seeker to rediscover that which already is…the abiding, uncaused, unchanging, impersonal silence from which unconditional love overflows and celebrates. It is the wonderful mystery.

Tony Parsons has been sharing this “open secret” with people for over ten years. His talks and workshops are highly regarded in England and Western Europe.

Tony’s books:

As It Is: The Open Secret of Spiritual Awakening
The Open Secret
Nothing Being Everything

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IUSGiWV0kqE

[greybeard]

Anita Moorjani Budhha at the Gas Pump Interview

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vmuOXgr5UZw

[greybeard]

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Posted by greybeard (here)
Tony Parsons Budhha at the Gas pump Interview

The Open Secret message is totally radical and uncompromising. It is a rare and singular expression of absolute non-dualism. It bypasses the mind and speaks directly to the very core of a wisdom that is imminent in all of us. When there is a readiness to hear, all seeking and need for personal endeavor falls away, leaving simply the wonder of what is.

There is no me or you, no seeker, no enlightenment, no disciple and no guru. There is no better or worse, no path, and nothing that has to be achieved. All appearance is source. All that apparently manifests – the world, the life story, the hypnotic dream of separation, the search for home – is the one appearing as two, the nothing appearing as everything, the absolute appearing as the particular.

There is no separate intelligence weaving a destiny, and no choice functioning at any level. Nothing is happening, but this, as it is, invites the apparent seeker to rediscover that which already is…the abiding, uncaused, unchanging, impersonal silence from which unconditional love overflows and celebrates. It is the wonderful mystery.

Tony Parsons has been sharing this “open secret” with people for over ten years. His talks and workshops are highly regarded in England and Western Europe.

Tony’s books:

As It Is: The Open Secret of Spiritual Awakening
The Open Secret
Nothing Being Everything

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IUSGiWV0kqE

Yes... it is a fake real world. Having said this, it is also a fun, fake real world.

At least it is now that I have stopped taking most of it seriously.