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Escaping from illusion

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March 14, 2024

“Amidst the chaos of illusions, find solace in the simplicity of reality. Embrace the truth as your anchor and navigate the sea of uncertainty with confidence.”

-Unknown

I would rather call an illusion a dream because it isn’t always real. You don’t get to change your life or situation by just living day by day in your illusion. You need to turn your illusion into reality. Both the successful and unsuccesful have something in common. They both have dreams. What makes the difference between an achiever and a dreamer is ACTION. Succss doesn’t just come by sitting down all day long dreaming till days turn to weeks, months and years. Illusions are more or less daydreams. A person who is too engrossed in his illusion has shut himself from his outside world and has created a space for himself.

ILLUSION IS A DISTORTED MISCONCEPTION OF REALITY

Arthur Miller’s book “Death of a salesman” is a very important case study on the negativity of dwelling on illusions. Willy is an unsuccessful business man who believes strongly in the American dream that states that everyone has equal opprotunity for success. As long as one works hard and is determined, one can achieve success. Instead, he tells his sons that one can succeed as long as one is well liked. That was his belief. Though, he believed the American dream, he distorted it.

His relationsip with his sons is at the edge of a cliff. He once cheated on his wife but in present, he keeps seeing and remebering the woman he had an affair with and hearing her voice. Though he knew he was a failure, he failed to accept it. Instead, he kept making himself believe he was still successful by dwelling on the past where his sons thought of him as a successful great dad who they were proud of. Instead of facing and accepting the present, his body was in the present but he lived in the past through his illusions thereby distorting his reality. Illusion is a distorted misconception of reality. The failure to come out of his illlusion and accept reality led to his downfall.

To step out of your illusion

• Be open minded- Be ready to accept your reality no matter how hard it is
  

• Discover and understand youself. Find out who you really are in reality not who you are in your illusion.
  

• Preapare and make yourself ready to accept your reality no matter what it is
  

• Forget the past and move on
  

• Though the present may be shameful, accept it because making yourself believe what it is not only worsens it. When reality forcefully makes itself clear to you, it causes disappointment.
  

• Observe when you usually dive into your illusions and try to avoid it when it comes by engaging yourself in something real. You could either discuss something about yourself with a close friend to hear who you are.
  

• Be honest to your self
  

• Be kind to yourself- do not criticise yourself. You need to believe in yourself. If you don’t, then who else will?
  

“We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality”

Iris Murdoch

The only way to change reality is coming out from your illusion and embracing reality.

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