Guru-vachaka-kovai 1.26b — What is ‘Real’? con't.
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2018-08-20

26. Is the word ‘Real’ befitting to this world, which is seen only by the illusory and changeful mind, but not by Self, the source of mind?

Real — Oxford Dictionary:

• Actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed.
• Used to emphasize the significance or seriousness of a situation. 
(of a thing) not imitation or artificial; genuine.
• Philosophy: Relating to something as it is, not merely as it may be described or distinguished.

Reality — Oxford Dictionary:

• The state or quality of having existence or substance.
• The state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them. 
• Philosophy: Existence that is absolute, self-sufficient, or objective, and not subject to human decisions or conventions.