The Buddhist understanding of how things exist, called emptiness, breaks objects down into parts, causes, and a mind that bundles them into the illusion of a solid, singular, unchanging entity. When we apply this analysis to an iPhone, we see that it is made up of almost all the elements in the periodic table, and is connected to thousands of hours of hard labor and the entire history of our civilization, planet, and universe.Episode 39. The Interdependent Nature of RealityUnlock Your Innate HappinessLearn a 9-step process of analytical meditation in Skeptic's Path's first online course that starts March 5, 2023SIGN UP NOWSupport the show