Quote Originally Posted by Schmaven View Post
That is a good point, if you just accept everything as is, you'll be oblivious to dreams. Having distinctions between realities is a good thing. After some thought, what I was trying to say earlier is hard for me to put into words. It's not ignoring the distinctions between things as they are in front of you. It is more of keeping emotions separate from experiences. Not eliminating emotion, but acknowledging it and realizing how it affects how you see things.
The point of looking at things from an objective perspective is separating emotion from the perception, removing hints of subjectivity in order to perceive in a manner that can be verified by everybody. Acknowledging the emotion and knowing how it changes perception is something one must understand when contemplating such matters. It is when people rely on emotion to help them understand and perceive the world is when things get tricky, and can possibly lead to problems. I think this may be what really is going on about, but even so, he could be more concise about it.

Quote Originally Posted by Schmaven View Post
It's more of a cult than religion. I don't know how people can get involved with that and not know what they're getting themselves into.
If you look into a fair bit of psychology and social behaviour, you wouldn't be surprised about how people can be easily led on. For example: