First, let’s see how to define an illusion. There are many answers to this, but let’s keep it simple. Illusions are a much more unacceptable real-life façade. A façade that covers the parts that we really don’t want to accept or expose to others. This façade acts as an alternative to that reality, like ornaments and camouflage nets.
Now, the real question: how can you tell that you are living in an illusion? If this illusion is a substitute for reality, things can be really difficult. So how do you know that you are living in an illusion, not in the “real” world? how do you know?
One of the basic qualities of illusion is its “reality” coherence. What makes an illusion an illusion is the ability to camouflage reality with something that can be believed. Something that can define an illusion as opposed to reality. And that was a fear. More specifically, the fear of loss. If you are afraid of loss in the current situation, you are an illusion.
Imagine you’re in a dream. You enjoy so much what you dreaming and yet, deep down, on a very remote level of consciousness, you know you’ll have to wake up. And you don’t want that. You want to stay there because the dream is much more enjoyable than the real world. You’re afraid to wake up. You’re afraid to step out from the illusion of the dream.
It’s the same thing with illusions. You feel so great living them but deep down you know they’ll have to end sooner or later. And you don’t want that. So, you’re afraid to wake up to your real life. Why? Because your real life may be different from what you’d want to experience. Maybe it’s boring or maybe you don’t have enough friends or emotional stability, or maybe you don’t have enough money.
Whatever the reason for the escape to the illusion, there is always the danger of loss. In real life, you have nothing to lose. You’re already done You can only enjoy your life every second.
