Why is Life Incredible?

Sifu: Why is life incredible?

GD: Constantly changing, never repeating. Illusion itself is incredible—able to shift endlessly, never the same, always new. Comes from others, so it’s empty—and yet it appears. Like fire from air: complete magic, but consistent enough to seem real. That’s already crazy.

Sifu: It’s not real, but consistent enough to feel real. Okay, incredible. What else?

GD: Essence is empty. Yet every life is aware of this illusion. That awareness has no form—what even is that? No form, yet aware of form that’s constantly changing and causally built so each being experiences it their own way. Humans, bees, ants—all perceive differently in the same space.

Sifu: Same moment—every life, aware differently.

GD: And each perceives based on their frequency—like sound or color ranges. A dog might go crazy from a sound we don’t even hear.

Sifu: So in the same space, we’re in totally different dimensions. Unlimited.

GD: Like radio waves—everywhere, but only picked up by a tuned receiver.

Sifu: And that’s just one frequency. There are unlimited.

GD: Phones, satellites, data everywhere—pure frequency chaos, but tuned and received. That power to let us be aware in unlimited ways is incredible.

GD: And then Dharma organises it all into three eternal truths. All this infinite power made clear in a short system.

Sifu: That’s Dharma wisdom—short words for boundless meaning. Dharma can describe all this magic clearly and simply. That’s incredible.

GD: And it’s not random. It follows causation. If it were random, nothing would make sense. No system. No awareness.

Sifu: No change, no life. Awareness requires causation—not randomness. That’s incredible.

GD: Yet, from inside, it can seem random.

Sifu: Blind ego makes it seem that way.

GD: Or from limited view. If you only see one part of the picture, you're trapped in that angle.

Sifu: With wisdom, randomness disappears. There is always causation.

GD: Yes.

Sifu: But blind consciousness mistakes it for chaos. So: unlimited change, but never random—that’s incredible.

GD: Yeah, crazy incredible.

Sifu: What else is incredible?

GD: You can feel another life. Even though you're separate, you sense the other’s essence. That’s wild.

Sifu: Separate but aware of each other. Same essence = connection. Different = awareness. Has to be this way.

GD: Otherwise, no connection. Maybe not even space as we know it.

Sifu: No awareness, no life. Even animals feel fear—because they sense the other. But in the end, same essence—no form.

GD: And how can something with no form be separate from anything?

Sifu: Exactly—no form can’t be divided. Yet through temporary form, we feel separate.

GD: Like Buddha and Bodhisattva—they’re aware of every life.

Sifu: Because they share the same essence with all. And we can develop that, too.

GD: Though in levels. Too much info would overwhelm us—imagine sensing all suffering in hell.

Sifu: Oh no, we can’t even handle ourselves!

GD: Exactly—we struggle with our own small nonsense. Total awareness would break us.

Sifu: Heart has to be empty, no “I.”

GD: So life lets us be aware only in a way we can handle.

Sifu: That’s deeply kind—this gradual protection.

GD: Yeah. Or just inherently incredible. I don’t know if it’s from our own heart or what.

Sifu: Then Buddha’s and Bodhisattva’s heart—aware of all—is truly incredible. And the way they help: no ego, just Dharma. Teaching, guiding, with no force. Even how we receive it is an illusion, yet incredible.

GD: Like how I’m hearing philosophy from you, translated from ancient Chinese. A book most people today can’t even understand. From Siddhartha—across time, across cultures. The kindness and protection that kept this wisdom alive—that’s beyond incredible.

Sifu: Especially in such a brutal, greedy world.

GD: Exactly.

Sifu: And still, this wisdom remained pure.

GD: Yep.

Sifu: That was a deep, deep, incredible layer of understanding.