When we don’t forgive ourselves, even if we have good experiences, and we go to high realms in meditation, our conscious will not accept them. It will say to you, “You are such a bad person. You don’t deserve such good visions.” Then the good visions will turn to illusions. This is how illusions are created. Actually, there is not much difference between illusions and real visions. Many people don’t know if the visions they have in meditation or in spiritual practice are real or not real. It’s because they don’t know if they themselves are real or not real. If we are virtuous and keep precepts strictly, even illusions will be helpful to us. It’s because we are powerful, have strong faith, our conscious is at peace, and we see all things are perfect in the universe.