I think Shakespeare said it best. "All the world is a stage". And indeed it is. Both the inner world and outer world. Recently, I have observed a spate of posts along the lines of "you create your outer world from your inner world". On the surface, this would seem to make sense, that the outer world is merely a projection, after the sensory input (hearing, touch, sight, etc) is run through the filter of our emotions and judgments. The illusion here is, that we are somehow separate from the outer world. This is why religions do so well. By separating the SELF from existence and God, and that God is somehow a totally separate being from ourselves. We are not just veiled from the illusion by our senses. The veils ARE the illusion. Whilst these veils (illusions) cover the SELF (Atman), it is known as Jiva. When we remove the veils, we are again Parabrahma (All of existence). This divine union is Samadhi. I really don't want to bang on about this, but I am going to ... Samadhi (Union with God), is achieved when we let go of thought, of sensory input, and emotions. Often, Samadhi is achieved through rigorous meditation. Of course, we cannot spend all our lives in meditation. So, for Samadhi to play a role in our every day lives, is not to identify ourselves as the illusionary Jiva, but as the Atman. This divine play, is Leila. The game of playing in duality. When embroiled in Leila, we take steps towards Samadhi, and release our illusionary self a little more. In the state of Samadhi, there is no self, no ego, no duality. Yet there is still a sense of "I am" (Anātman: non self). Where good people get lost, is in things like "you create your outer world from your inner world". When you try to create anything from within, you have already lost the plot by trying to fix the illusion by using the very instrument which is creating it. It's like trying to change an image in a mirror by manipulating the reflection. When you realise Samadhi, you realise nothing needs to change, as the change has already occurred. The Srimad Bhagavatam (4.7.50) says: aham brahma ca sarvas ca jagatah karanam param atmesvara upadrasta svayan-drg avisesanah • aham: I • Brahma: Brahma • ca: and • Sarvah: Lord Shiva • ca: and • jagatah: of material universe • karanam: cause • param: supreme • atma-isvarah: the Supersoul • upadrasta: the witness • svayam-drk: self-sufficient • avisesanah: there is no difference. Two versions of how this can read. I (Vishnu), Brahma, and Lord Shiva are the supreme cause of material universe I am the Supersoul, the self-sufficient witness. There is no difference between Brahma, Lord Siva and Me (Vishnu) There is no defference between the self-sufficient witness, the supersoul, the supreme cause of the universe and Lord Shiva, and Brahma and I (Vishnu).