Why is This Called a Dream

In Vedanta, there are frequent exhortations that this Universe and human life is like a dream, experiences are transient, and so on. Buddhism echoes similar thought when it says the self is void.

To us who are embedded in the turmoil of worldly existence, this may seem like a contradiction, out of touch with reality.. We could argue: then why is pleasure and pain sensations so persistent?

The real meaning of dream or illusion is that it is not what is appears to be..or what we conceive it to be..

We cannot possess anything in its true sense, we only have custody of our possessions for some time. Even the material objects which we possess and enjoy everyday, are not in our permanent possession. They leave us, or we leave them, at the time of death, if not before.

Even this body of ours is no exception. We cannot possess it forever.

Another Reason To Do Just One Thing At A Time

Several years ago, as a novice instructional designer, I was struggling to learn everything about the trade in a crash course at my company.



It was my first e-learning project. I was frustrated as the rest of the team that there wasn't enough time. The disapproving glares of the senior instructional designers weren't helping.



I had, if you may, the audacity to write in the employee feedback site, that learning should be fun and that even toddlers fall down many times while learning to walk.



It was the fear of failure that was preventing us from making the effort and enjoying the process.



In this video, Marianne Pascal reveals another secret why trying to do it correctly while learning a new skill is counterproductive:



While you are learning  a new skill, that itself is a major task. When you try to do it well as well, then you are multitasking. The brain cannot multitask, it shuts down on one of them.



So while learning a new skill, it is enough that you just do it.

The first 20 hours -- how to learn anything | Josh Kaufman | TEDxCSU