Summary: Speaker: Christine Anisko. Although we tend to rely on wrong views as dependable coping mechanisms, they do not reduce suffering; seeing this encourages us to examine how they arise from ignorance and perpetuate suffering. Wrong views can take the form of spiritual side-stepping, which we use to avoid directly experiencing suffering, and spiritual "hocus pocus," which convinces us that we are special. But self-reflection and investigation reveal that we see and experience the world through the lens of our skandhas. Realizing that our experiences arise from within our minds gives us the freedom to understand and liberate ourselves from wrong views.
