“For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known actor would get in the way of the suspension of disbelief.” WayRealHelpingActorsFoundKnownStyleIllusionAdvantageSellsDefiniteDisbeliefSuspensionSuspension Of Disbelief Author:Oren Peli
“Life is invisible. The illusion is that what we perceive is in some way not a reflection of self. Life reflects the field of attention that we're in.” WaySelfLife IsAttentionAwarenessFieldsBuddhismIllusionReflectionInvisiblePerceive Author:Frederick Lenz
“A garden has a curious innocent way of consuming cash while all the time you are under the illusion that you are spending nothing.” WayHomeIllusionGardenSimplicitySpendingInnocentCuriousCashConsuming Book:A Woman Talking Source: A Woman Talking
“If you know that everything comes from the mind, don't become attached. Once attached, you're unaware. But once you see your own nature, the entire Canon becomes so much prose. It's thousands of sutras and shastras only amount to a clear mind. Understanding comes in midsentence. What good are doctrines? The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way. The Way is wordless. Words are illusions. . . . Don't cling to appearances, and you'll break through all barriers. . . .” IfsKnowsWayMindTruthUnderstandingBreakClearAmountTruth IsIllusionUltimateAppearanceDoctrineProseBarriersBreak ThroughCanonUltimate TruthClear Minds Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“I think of the old slavery, and of the way The Economy has now improved upon it. The new slavery has improved upon the old by giving the new slaves the illusion that they are free. The Economy does not take people's freedom by force, which would be against its principles, for it is very humane. It buys their freedom, pays for it, and then persuades its money back again with shoddy goods and the promise of freedom. "Buy a car," it says, "and be free. Buy a boat and be free." Is this not the raw material of bad dreams? Or is it maybe the very nightmare itself?” PeopleThinkingWayGivingDoeDreamWould BeForcePayPrinciplesEconomyCarMaterialsPromiseIllusionSlaverySlaveBoatNightmareGoodsConsumerismHumaneBack AgainOverconsumptionRaw MaterialsBad Dream Book:Jayber Crow: A Novel Source: Jayber Crow: A Novel
“There is illusion, the way you see things now, thinking that there is a tomorrow, there is a today, there is time and that there is life and death. Those are just appearances” ThinkingWayTodayIgnoranceTomorrowIllusionAppearanceLife And Death Author:Frederick Lenz
“To try and fit reincarnation into a neat mental package is very unwise. You will be very surprised when you discover that it doesn't work out that way. Your illusions will be painful for you.” WayTryingFitIllusionPainfulWork OutReincarnationPackagesNeatUnwise Author:Frederick Lenz