Originally posted by PhowaBoy
Hi Howetzer,
Here's something you might find interesting. Take a look at the excerpt \"Everything is Like a Dream\".
http://www.kadampa.org/english/books/heart...f_wisdom.php#ex
P.
Phowaboy, Thank you very much. This concerns another post of mine even more so than this one. I will post it there as well.
It was very well put. Thanks for the link!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"However, we should not take this apparent confirmation of the inherent existence of objects as conclusive, since we know that similar tests cannot reveal the actual nature of our dream world. To understand the true nature of our waking world we must investigate and meditate deeply, using the type of analysis already described. When by these means we realize emptiness we shall understand that objects such as our body do not exist from their own side. Like the dream elephant they are mere appearances to our mind. Nevertheless our world functions, following its own apparent rules in accordance with the laws of cause and effect, just as our dream world functions in its own way.

The experience of realizing emptiness can therefore be compared to waking up. Once we realize emptiness we see clearly and without any doubt that the world as we experienced it before was deceptive and false. It appeared to have its own inherent existence, but having understood emptiness we realize that it is completely empty of inherent existence and depends upon our mind. In fact, Buddha is sometimes called the 'Awakened One' because he has awakened from the 'sleep' of ignorance."