This is a very very difficult concept for someone raised with a materialistic western mind by the way. It took me years to fully grasp "There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so" combined with "There is nothing real or unreal but thinking makes it so."
It's sort of like a bunch of people decided to play a game like Monopoly.
And they establish the rules.
And then they play the game.
Did the winner really win?
Did the loser really lose?
NO. It's a game.
But, exactly the same thing is true of life.
Do the winners really win?
Do the losers really lose?
NO. In some ways life is a game too.
When I talked to God about this when I was suicidal in my early 20s he said basically "There are only two sins really. Taking life too seriously and not taking it seriously enough.
If you take life too seriously it makes you go crazy and sometimes you kill yourself.
If you don't take life seriously enough you often make mistakes "like getting drunk and driving" and then you are soon dead.
So, at 70 now I completely understand the point God was making to me. But then, it was a complete revelation to me because it completely changed my life from 18 to 25.
So, in some ways you need to be able to laugh at your own existence while at the same time not just getting drunk or stupid to the point where you die.
So, humor is important but so is taking life seriously enough to stay alive and keep those alive around you.
This kind of Lam Rim or "middle Way or path" thinking reminded me both of "moderation in all things" (The GREEKS) and the Middle Path of Gautama Buddha leading to enlightenment.
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