The problems we face in life come from seeing only the illusion that we are different beings, and not the reality that all is one. Science is thus something of a problem. It tells us about the illusion, not reality — which is why science did not develop in the East despite their remarkable technological achievements. The best minds were devoted not to studying the world but to seeing through the illusion via meditation, trying to perceive ultimate reality through direct personal experience. Through meditation — whether in stillness as in Zen, or in motion as in the martial arts or Yoga — we
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