Disclosing Your Individual Thoughts Is Key – Teachings from This Time Is Your Miracle
One of the largest secrets we try to keep is a sense of autonomy and self-esteem. The notion or sensation that you are crucial in some unique way, that you are adored by a special person, that someone is giving you distinctive attention, these are some of the ego’s very delicate secrets. We are attempting to hide our Divine Self and are partaking in all these varied games, which seem to be very disturbing. It is quite depressing and it really doesn’t go anywhere, so we attempt to get scraps of distinctive love, attention and acclaim to prop ourselves up.
We toil so hard at becoming “better people”, at gaining greater intelligence and more skills. We want to be admired more and be more well-known. The entire self-help sector is focused on bettering the self so you can become a better you. That is another gimmick we secretly engage on ourselves, thinking we have to keep turning our wheels trying to become better. This self-improvement game is another secret we can to learn to let go of. It is very relaxing when you start to grasp that you do not have to grow into any better than you presently are. You were made perfect. It is not through self-improvement that you find serenity but through self-acceptance.
As I worked with A Course in Miracles, I could observe that there was a fear of divine love in my mind. I understood this was the ego’s apprehension of losing itself. The ego is afraid of being revealed and being seen as a puff of nothingness. That is the dread of intimacy. We discuss about this dread in relationships, which is sometimes depicted as fear of sexual intimacy, but it is really a terror of dropping our persona, our mask of individuality. It is the fear of getting swept away by a magnificent love, a love so intense that none of us can even fathom something as splendid and potent!
For me, those are the big secrets, because it doesn’t start off with this great awareness. It always starts with feeling like you have done something inappropriate, whether you’ve masturbated, taken something, malhandled somebody, or there is something in your mind that you have judged as so hideous that you don’t even want to meet it, you just want to forget about it and push it out of consciousness.
Underneath all those recollections and thoughts, is the belief that we are parted. This is the “secret” we hide. It really is an impossible belief, but we assume that it is true; We have deemed it as ghastly and have pushed it out of consciousness. All unconscious guilt comes from this belief in separation. And as you really give yourself over to the miracle, you feel all those hidden beliefs and secrets are being washed away and you finally face this hidden belief in division!
Please, share any thoughts and remarks with me below, I’d adore to hear about your journey!
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