'We are living in a highly sophisticated version of a virtual-reality game, or put it another way a holographic internet giving the illusion of 3D' -- DAVID ICKEThe World's Illusion, Spiritual Awakening & Enlightenment
Extract:- "You may say that when you awaken spiritually, you will be beyond the world's illusion, and material things will not matter any more. This is true, but yet, the illusion has to be lived. You have to eat, pay bills and take care of the body. It is true, you will approach these matters in a completely different way, but you still need to take care of them. Even an enlightened master has to eat, drink and sleep.
Going beyond the mind, beyond the illusion of the world, and awakening spiritually, puts a great power and responsibility in your hands, for then you have the power to influence the world. Your awakened consciousness is an immnese power that can stimulate the spiritual awakening in others. As all Consciousness is one, calming down your mind, and becoming conscious of your Consciousness, influences the whole of Consciousness."