[MD] subject / object logic

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Heather Perella <spiritualadirondack at yahoo.com>:

> > >      [Platt previously] 
> > > > Everyone keeps telling me Buddhism is about
> > > > illusions. So do you think 
> > > > that the world and yourself are illusions, or
> > not?  If not, I'd be interested in
> > > > how you tell the difference between what's
> > illusory and what's real.
> 
>      [SA previously]
> > >      Well, illusory is not real, therefore how
> > could any "difference" be told?

That's the difference. You've just told it. Illusory is not real. 

 
>      [Platt] 
> > So you can't tell the difference between the woods
> > and Santa Claus? How strange.  
> 
>     Oh, was I talking about the woods and Santa Claus
> above?  Sorry, I'll have to learn to read between the
> lines where I don't mention woods and where I don't
> mention Santa Claus is definitely not what I was
> talking about.  Yes, it is strange how I talked about
> Santa Claus and woods and didn't even know it, hmmmm,
> maybe I'll keep re-reading what I wrote and find those
> words in there somewhere above.

I talked about the woods and Santa Claus and asked how you told the difference?
I assume your answer is the former is real and the latter is illusory. 
   
Platt

 

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