1) to resist what is actual, and be lost in the pain and suffering of the huge confusions of competing, inconsistent and insane ideas and beliefs about yourself and life.

2) to choose to let go of all illusions, delusions, fears and beliefs and, with immense sanity, let the universe take you in its dance.

All of us are going with the universe anyway, no matter what. How could it be otherwise? But unfortunately, some of us choose to fight it all the way, creating pain, suffering and destruction as we go.

We set up complex and self-sustaining ideas about life and the world, that keep us "unconscious" and separate from reality.

We force our consciousness to sleep - try to kill it -- to avoid being exposed to anything that needs conscious openness, because that threatens the "insulation" that we have created around our pain and real nature.

Actual/Real/Truth: How life, the world, the universe actually is, whatever that may be.

Ideas: Mental creations about life and the world, which we use to build the beliefs that we live our lives by.

Beliefs: Sets of ideas that we consider "true" about our lives and the world, from which we create the content and experience of our lives.

Consciousness: Clear awareness, free of all ideas of "reality". Completely aware of the consequences of ideas and actions.

Identity/Self image: The person, the "me", that exists in the world with name, bank account, job, partner and life history.

Suffering: Life experiences created by a mismatch between ideas of what actually is and what actually is.

Real "Self": The immense and complete being we are, underneath all the filters, ideas and self limitations that give people their sense of identity and meaning.