The ultimate nature of the mind is unconditioned. It cannot be compelled by any factor. In particular, it cannot be compelled to attach.Ud 8:3 - Nibbāna Sutta wrote: There is, monks, an unborn–unbecome–unmade–unfabricated. If there were not that unborn–unbecome–unmade–unfabricated, there would not be the case that escape from the born–become–made–fabricated would be discerned. But precisely because there is an unborn–unbecome–unmade–unfabricated, escape from the born–become–made–fabricated is discerned.
Thus, any attachment can only be voluntary. Attachment and suffering are conditioned on choice.
The conscious mind, isolated from and unaware of the greater whole that made this choice, is prone to suffering. That is the meaning of ignorance. Being captivated, dazzled, and seduced by the illusory reality that the mind chose to fabricate - that is the meaning of delusion.
The mind made a choice to step into a fabricated scenario. Like an actor taking on a role of a prisoner at a gloomy prison. However, the actor wakes up without his memory, and now believes he is actually a prisoner. Forgetting he is merely playing one. Forgetting this is just a play, that the "prison" is a set piece, out of which he can walk instantly.
Why is it necessary for actors to forget that they are acting? Perhaps to make for the most authentic experience?
