Rope and Snake illusion

Thanks to Dr. Shankar, I think I finally understand this analogy. I used to think that if the rope was perceived as a snake by the individual, he or she would suffer the consequences and fear associated with that reality as an actually reality, meaning that how we perceive things actually determine the Reality of things. I now see that there are no actions in life, so even if the fear and all the consequences associated with seeing the rope as a snake are felt, nothing has actually happened. It is all played out in the mind as benign or not.