The usual assumption: we tend to think truth and illusion are two separate things, like light and dark, or two rooms with a wall between them. Illusion is the "wrong" room, while truth is the "right" one. Escape one, arrive at the other.

Jealousy has been one of the deepest tendencies in this mind since young. There was always comparison — me and the other person, who is better, who is ahead. During high school, I remember constantly comparing results with my best friend. In some subjects she would come first, and I would come second, and in others it would be the opposite.