Having an intellectual understanding that we live in illusion doesn’t in and of itself offer a way to transcend that illusion. Can you offer practical ways to use this awareness to better function in daily life?
It would be easy to use knowledge of the illusory nature of your material experience to neglect responsibilities and the demands of the physical, This is not in any way what we support or advocate when we encourage your understanding of these truths. You are indeed bound to your physical form in this phase of your transit through this dimension of consciousness.
We emphasize that the materialization of your consciousness into this physical representation is indeed a transit, a passage through a dimension of experience. You ask how to translate the understanding of such into greater fulfillment, or peace, or happiness, while you make this portion of your passage.
If you allow yourself to stand outside your physical form, you can experience the wonder of that form. If you allow yourself to remember that the machinations of your daily life are not unlike scenes in a play, you can step back in awe at the complexity of it all. When you realize that all that you see is masking a greater truth, you begin to expose that truth simply by recognizing what that truth is not.
When you are able to truly connect to the essential self, the essential spirit that you are, you will be unable to avoid the deep sense of peace that comes with that experience of your true self. A timeless oneness with all things will permeate your being and serve as the stage from which all else will emerge.
Of necessity, your priorities will naturally shift. The meaning you ascribe to events will soften, as will your heart as it opens to the love that is the essence of your being. The love is a power of itself. The love is freed for expression with the release of attachment. Freedom from attachment to outcomes allows the natural unfolding of the universe, the shedding of the veil.