The Burden of Truth: Illusion, Philosophy, and the Collapse of Psychological Structure

This article examines the claim that human beings predominantly live in illusion rather than truth. It explores how philosophical systems—materialism, dualism, pluralism, monism, and neutral monism—often function not as discoveries of reality but as interpretative structures shaped by psychological need. The paper further argues that truth appears “heavy” because it dismantles the egoic structures sustained by conflict, hatred, conditioning, and identity. Truth does not destroy reality; it dissolves illusion. What feels unbearable is not truth itself, but the collapse of the psychological framework through which the self maintains continuity.