Rizwan Virk
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Podcast Appearances
And you know the guy's not really sawing that woman in half, okay?
But you kind of agree to suspend your disbelief because that's what makes the whole thing fun, right?
Watching a magic show or watching a special effects, you know, Blade Runner 2049, the car's not really flying.
Those are just CGI, right?
But we agree to that to a certain extent as we go into that world and we become immersed in that world.
And so what the mystics in the Eastern traditions have been telling us is that we agree to basically go into this illusory world in order to have these experiences, right?
Sometimes people say, well, what's the purpose of the simulation?
And I say, well, why do you play video games?
And why do you play video games?
Two is to try to have experiences that you probably can't have outside of the game.
Like even Grand Theft Auto, right?
You're not going to go out there and do all that crazy stuff in the real world.
Well, some people might, but most people wouldn't.
And I can't fly on a dragon and kill orcs as much as I might want to.