![]() ![]() Enlightenment, the end-goal of meditation, is the state of full liberation from this bondage. Furthermore, mindfulness meditation allows us to see the truth of these theses in an experiential way which frees us of our evolutionary bondage. ![]() Wright argues that psychology vindicates two venerable Buddhist theses: not-self (our experience of an “I" is in some sense an illusion) and emptiness (the world is in some sense “empty" or devoid of “essence”). The book attempts to justify this claim, aiming for a grand synthesis of Buddhism and psychology. Wright thinks that mindfulness meditation is the real-world equivalent of the red pill. ![]() They cause unhappiness by trapping us on the hedonic treadmill and immorality by (among other things) fanning the flames of tribalism. They range from the relatively harmless falsehood “powdered sugar donuts are good for me” to the sweeping distortion “I have a self." These misperceptions are not only inaccurate they are dangerous. ![]() Īccording to Wright, evolution has packed us full of illusions. At least, that's what Robert Wright claims in Why Buddhism Is True. Nevertheless, we may be living in something of a dream world. Unlike Neo, we're (probably) not trapped in a virtual reality. The main character of The Matrix, Neo, gets to choose whether to take the red or blue pill: whether to escape his dream world or remain inside it. ![]()
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