One of the hugest secrets we strive to keep is a sense of self-governance and dignity. The concept or sensation that you are significant in some special way, that you are loved by a particular person, that somebody is giving you special attention, these are some of the ego’s very subtle secrets. We are trying to hide our Heavenly Self and are partaking in all these diverse games, which look to be very disturbing. It is pretty depressing and it really doesn’t go anywhere, so we endeavor to get scraps of distinctive love, attention and recognition to prop ourselves up.
We toil so hard at becoming “better people”, at gaining greater intelligence and more skills. We want to be appreciated 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 trick we secretly engage on ourselves, thinking we have to keep spinning our wheels trying to grow into 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 formed perfect. It is not through self-improvement that you find peace but through self-acceptance.
As I worked with A Course in Miracles, I could notice that there was a dread 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 perceived as a puff of nothingness. That is the apprehension of intimacy. We discuss about this terror in relationships, which is sometimes depicted as fear of sexual intimacy, but it is really a fear of dropping our persona, our mask of uniqueness. It is the fear of getting swept away by a splendid love, a love so strong that none of us can even imagine something as glorious and powerful!
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 wrong, whether you’ve masturbated, swiped something, malhandled an individual, or there is something in your mind that you have considered as so hideous that you don’t even want to face it, you just want to overlook about it and push it out of consciousness.
Beneath all those memories and ideas, is the belief that we are parted. This is the “secret” we hide. It really is an impossible belief, but we believe that it is true; We have deemed it as terrible and have pushed it out of notice. 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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