“You can be in a state of mind for a few seconds and forget that you were ever in any other state of mind. That's what we mean by illusion.” MindMeanStatesForgetIgnoranceIllusionSecondsState Of Mind Author:Frederick Lenz
“Illusion doesn't mean that something is not real. Illusion simply means that something is less real than something else. This life and this world certainly exist - who is to say the reality of the dream is not real?” WorldMeanRealDreamRealityThis WorldIllusionYogaThis Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“To have the illusion of selfhood simply means that when you look in the mirror, you see somebody.” LooksMeanIllusionMirrorsIntroduction Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is because the cosmos is meaningless that we must secure our individual illusions of values, direction, and interest by upholding the artificial streams which give us such worlds of salutary illusion. That is - since nothing means anything in itself, we must preserve the proximate and arbitrary background which makes things around us seem as if they did mean something.” IfsWorldGivingMeanSeemsValuesIndividualInterestIllusionBackgroundsSecurePreservesStreamsCosmosMeaninglessArtificialArbitraryEnglishmen Author:H. P. Lovecraft
“Never content just to be, America is also obliged to mean; America signifies, hence its constant and riveting vulnerability to illusion.” MeanAmericaIllusionConstantVulnerabilityObliged Book:Vintage Amis Source: Vintage Amis