There is no doubt whatsoever that the universe is the merest illusion.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The real universe has a marvellous and unique quality, inasmuch as it and only it can take us completely by surprise.
Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.
Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.
Yet, the Universe is real enough to the conscious beings in it, which are as unreal as it is itself.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.
The world is real. Consciousness is the illusion.
The only thing that makes sense is if the universe is beautiful and simple and elegant.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
There is the illusion of the world and the reality of the Torah.
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