Substitute

Most of the things we seek in life are substitutes for reality. Money, marriage, work are such substitutes. The reality behind can not be expressed by words, but as substitute description we could hint at concepts like power, love, freedom and participation.
The substitutes are tangible, but the reality behind is not tangible. So we focus on the substitutes.
The substitutes are closer to reality than the opposites of the substitutes. Poverty, loneliness and isolation are far from reality.
But we can reach reality in its naked, powerful existence. We can reach it through mind. Mind is not a well defined concept. The aspect of mind that can approach reality is a high frequency state of constant awareness. This is not the normal aspect of mind, even if the high frequency range is open all the time for all of us.