A. Ancient masters used to say that a nice saying which sounds reasonable can be a strong trap. A saying or a word, however great and nice, is nothing but an illusion. No one denies, for example, the truth that the sun is a mass of flames. However, your lips are never hot, not to mention being burnt, no matter how many times you may recite the word ‘sun’. In other words, sayings or words are not the truth itself but an illusion.
The more reasonable a saying sounds, however, the stronger we tend to make our attachment to it while taking it for the truth itself. The Sutras and the Bible are very typical examples that have great sayings we are likely to be tempted to attach ourselves to. We have a very interesting metaphor for such cases that shows how we should accept spiritual teachings: Don’t look at the finger pointing to the moon but the moon itself. The Sutras and the Bible are just like fingers pointing to the moon for people who want to see the moon, but they are not the moon itself.
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Zen Fools 
So every word we hear or speak from birth has an illusion attached to it.maybe subconsciously.
Words are the way my illusions communicate with anothers illusions and vice versa.
The way I see myself is also an illusion.
The only way forward must be to see who I really am ?
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Going forward is also an illusion.
Who is here?
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What a beautiful day!
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What a nice day!
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