'All that is seen is unreal' is just a teaser that talks of how we are driven by our eyes and what we say as 'see'. But, the actual scope of this sentence is 'All that is experienced through the sense organs are unreal'.

Coming to your question sonia - and i am sure is the question of many others too - 'How can i be insensitive to all that I see assuming that this is unreal?'

First and foremost - the sentence never meant 'All that you see is unreal so be insensitive'. It meant 'the understanding that comes with the sense organ - eyes and all that it perceives is unreal' and i have explained that with the examples. If I see someone crying, I immediately think they are suffering. Seeing them crying is not unreal - it is happening, but it is the presumption that they are suffering is or may be wrong. They can be crying out of joy - immense joy too! But, that thought is the or may be not even the last thought that comes to me!

Situation is real - happening is real - but the understanding that comes with seeing this situation / happening is unreal!

This sentence has depth that can't be explained in few lines.....flow with it and think about it....meaning will unfold on its own.......slowly over the years maybe, but it will....

When a person understands it the way i meant it or as it is, then he/she doesn't become insensitive to situations - on the contrary, one becomes sensitive to situations and handles them with lots more love and compassion, but with the understanding that the suffering is totally based on ignorance and nothing but ignorance and will work to remove it and not attend to the situation topically.....that's all...

it's like when we see a child fall down or lose a toy crying, we cuddle the child, explain that all will be fine soon, etc., but with the understanding that all this is a passing phase in growing and crying over a toy is a redundant thing to do...we talk to the child at his level but with our understanding and not losing our balance of mind over this issue.....we want the child to come out of the pain yet we ourselves don't suffer with the child.......inspite of loving him completely......