Search engine for touristic excursions to any place in the world One of the biggest secrets we attempt to keep is a sense of self-governance and self-esteem. The notion or sensation that you are crucial in some distinct way, that you are adored by a particular person, that someone is giving you unique attention, these are some of the ego’s very subtle secrets. We are trying to hide our Heavenly Self and are engaging in all these varied games, which look 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 work 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 industry is focused on bettering the self so you can grow into a better you. That is another trick we secretly engage on ourselves, thinking we have to keep spinning 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 understand that you do not have to turn into any better than you already are. You were made perfect. It is not through self-improvement that you find serenity but through self-acceptance.
As I engaged 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 dread of losing itself. The ego is afraid of being exposed and being seen as a puff of nothingness. That is the apprehension of intimacy. We talk about this dread in relationships, which is sometimes portrayed as fear of sexual intimacy, but it is really a dread of dropping our persona, our mask of distinctiveness. It is the dread of getting swept away by a splendid love, a love so intense that none of us can even fathom something as splendid and mighty!
For me, those are the big secrets, because it doesn’t start off with this great realization. It always starts with feeling like you have done something inappropriate, whether you’ve masturbated, stolen something, abused somebody, or there is something in your mind that you have judged as so ghastly that you don’t even want to face it, you just want to forget about it and push it out of notice.
Beneath all those reminiscences and thoughts, is the belief that we are parted. This is the “secret” we hide. It really is an unattainable belief, but we assume that it is true; We have judged it as terrible and have pushed it out of awareness. All unconscious guilt comes from this belief in separation. And as you really offer yourself over to the miracle, you feel all those hidden beliefs and secrets are being washed away and you finally confront this hidden belief in separation!
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