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Revision: 18 Jun 2026
Delusion
- Taking illusion to be real.
- Suffering is the primary indication that delusion is active.
- The belief in being other than THE SUPREME is the root cause of delusion.
- The grand delusion is the experience of a world in which Creator/Divinity/God/Source seems to be absent.
- Delusion is what is unloving.
- Evil, hell, sin, sinfulness, and wickedness are all delusions.
- Delusion is transcended as the denial of Creator/Divinity/God/Source is relinquished.
- Acting as if unreality is reality.
- Believe that illusions are reality.
- Believing what is not the case.
- Desiring unreality over reality strengthens delusion.
- Desiring what is not the case strengthens delusion.
- Preferring unreality to reality strengthens delusion.
- The root of delusion is denial of reality.
- Delusion is two steps away from reality. (Illusion is the first.)
- The belief in being other than Creator/Divinity/God/Source produces experiences of delusion.
- The belief in being separate from Creator/Divinity/God/Source produces experiences of delusion.
- The belief in separation produces experiences of delusion.
- The belief in a separate self reinforces experiences of delusion.
- Identification with an idea of a separate self proliferates experiences of delusion.
- Conflict, danger, and violence are indications of delusion.
- Drama and trauma are indications of delusion.
- Death and sickness are indications of delusion.
- Finitude and finite experiences are the ramifications of delusion.
- Gross substance is an indication of delusion.
- Negativity is an indication of delusion.
- Otherness is an indication of delusion.
- Struggle is an indication of delusion.
- Past lives are an attempt to make sense of the delusion of separation.
- Delusion is characterized by a sense that something is wrong with oneself.
- Delusion is characterized by a sense that something is wrong with the world.
Sayings:
- “If you do not know that YOU are THE SUPREME, you are deluded.”
- “Delusion is existential estrangement and all corresponding strangeness.”
- “Since it is still in relationship with delusion, the process of exiting delusion is filled with strange ideas and experiences. Do not take the experiences too seriously.”
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