A P P E A R A N C E A N D R E A L I T Y D R

The document discusses the deceptive nature of appearances and how they often tempt or repel people in contradictory ways. It notes how education and culture tend to deceive people into judging based on superficial qualities like wealth, poverty, strength or weakness. While people have different idols based on their constitution, these idols can promote violence or nonviolence. The document argues that depictions of saints are often meant to generate sympathy or pity, while depictions of celebrities aim to produce euphoria, and that seekers of truth should not be judged in this way but respected as guiding lights irrespective of appearance. It suggests the practice of remembrance (Namasmran) as a way for people to collectively seek and merge