George Saunders
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
What would that community look like?
And so when I'm thinking about characters, I'm thinking about that, really.
You know, this person has certain desires.
how do those desires square with sort of metaphysical reality?
And then how does that character's actions get him into trouble?
Because he is acting on that delusion of a central self, if that makes sense.
And also because I don't really know that much about it.
It's okay.
No, of course.
I mean, that's really what the book is about.
There's a relative truth.
Of course, you know, we want what we want.
And it's beautiful to want what we want to a certain extent.
But on the absolute sense, it isn't true.
So to the extent that we go through life embracing that illusion wholeheartedly, I think we cause suffering.
And of course, there's a position where you can go, yeah, I want to wear my sweater.
And also, I recognize that this self is something that my mind is creating.
And I think that's where we get into spiritual ideas.