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Ang Lee

The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, th

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Ang Lee suggests that everything we experience originates from emptiness or nothingness, and what we consider real is actually shaped by illusions based on what we can demonstrate or prove. He emphasizes that life’s essence is not purely immaterial but a form of illusion that has substance, making the exploration of this idea meaningful.

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