Padapranams Sri Bhagavan, Why do we have attachments to illusions?
Sri Bhagavan: What is there is only illusion. There is nothing out there that is real. The whole Universe, you and me, everything is only an illusion. There is nothing other than illusion. Secondly, it is not that you are getting attached to illusion. YOU are that illusion. YOU are that attachment. It is not that ‘you are attached’. No. You are that attachment. So, how could you be free of it? The Dharma’s basic teaching is: there is no ‘you’. There is no person. If there was a person, you could talk about being attached. There is no person. ‘You’ are that attachment. This is a little subtle to understand. But as you go along, you will understand.
You are equal to Attachment. (You = Attachment). Not that you are attached. It looks like that. If you leave the attachment, You are not there. You are that attachment.
Sri Bhagavan
