SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- TWENTY-FOUR

"While in the Dharma itself there is no individuation,
They ignorantly attach themselves to particular objects.
It is their own mind that creates illusions—
Is this not the greatest of all self-contradictions?"

Ignorant of transcendent Oneness, we attach to particular objects. Since nothing has individual self-existence, this is nothing but clinging to illusions.

The cosmic joke here is that this is such a contradiction: the illusion itself is dependent on the mind that creates it. It is a great example of interdependence that is scuttled in favor of clinging to delusion - an almost willful ignorance. If you do not see the way, you do not see it even as you walk on it...