Glass Camels

on the bottom of page six and into PAGE SEVEN
Sayadaw begins to explain the character and relationship of materiality-mentality.  He quotes from the Loka Sutta, just a quote about the EYE sense-door (The Buddha goes on to state the same about the ear, nose, tongue, body and mind): http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn12/sn12.044.than.html

The Blessed One said: "And what is the origination of the world? Dependent on the eye & forms there arises eye-consciousness. The meeting of the three is contact. From contact as a requisite condition comes feeling. From feeling as a requisite condition comes craving. From craving as a requisite condition comes clinging/sustenance. From clinging/sustenance as a requisite condition comes becoming. From becoming as a requisite condition comes birth. From birth as a requisite condition, then aging & death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair come into play. This is the origination of the world.


So what have we got so far?  We have an EYE, a COLOR, and consciousness arising from it.  Anyone else suppose that there was a pre-existent consciousness waiting there? Uh oh, there wasn't. 
So is everything a mirage?  No..... but it is by the time it gets to the mind.