do concepts have value?

​Question:  I take it that Buddhist Pure Land practice is another construct from our minds.  So too the Bodhisattva ideal.  Is there any value in these efforts and for whom?
 
Response:  Yes, these are mental constructs.  And, as stated in The Grand Delusion, concepts and actions based on thought constructs often seem very helpful and useful to people.  Though the opposite often seems true as well.  As mental constructs, though, I wouldn’t put much stock in either.  We only need to live life directly.