If when our mind tells a story and we consult a friend whose mind is telling the same story how can we avoid illusion?

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So, if our mind is telling a particular story and we consider a friend, that friend’s mind is also telling the same story. Then what to do? Yes.
Actually, that is what is called as the mob mentality. Now, mob mentality, sometimes people and they lynch someone. And as a mob, people do things which they will never do individually.
But because of the mob frenzy comes up. So, that’s why when I said that we should consult someone, actually that person we consult should be should be a trustworthy person. A person who is spiritually matured, who is emotionally steady.
Otherwise, psychologists call this as a consensus reality illusion. That means, by consensus, we accept the illusion to be a reality. And because we all think it is real, so we accept it to be real.
So that we can, if you know, if we are if we are by nature very fearful or anxiety prone, then why an anxiety to go to another anxiety prone person is the worst thing we can do. It’s like I have a drinking problem. And while solving it, to ask how to solve a drinking problem, I go to alcoholic.
If there is no how to solve it, just drink. So, there is nothing against the devotee or the friend who is of that nature. But you have to understand that at this particular point, this person can’t be a victim.
So that type of discern definitely is required. And over a period of time, we also observe which person is what, this person is this nature, this person is this nature. And that way we can know for what thing whom to consult.
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