One of the biggest secrets we attempt to keep is a sense of self-governance and dignity. The concept or feeling that you are crucial in some unique way, that you are adored by a special person, that someone is giving you special attention, these are some of the ego’s very nuanced secrets. We are trying to hide our Heavenly Self and are engaging in all these varied games, which look to be very upsetting. It is rather depressing and it really doesn’t go anywhere, so we endeavor to get scraps of special love, attention and acknowledgment to prop ourselves up.
We work so hard at becoming “superior people”, at acquiring greater intelligence and more skills. We want to be appreciated more and be more famous. The entire self-help sector is focused on improving the self so you can turn 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 calming when you start to realize that you do not have to grow into any better than you currently are. You were made perfect. It is not through self-improvement that you find tranquility 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 recognized this was the ego’s apprehension of losing itself. The ego is afraid of being exposed and being seen as a puff of nothingness. That is the fear of intimacy. We talk about this fear in relationships, which is sometimes projected as fear of sexual intimacy, but it is really a dread of dropping our persona, our mask of uniqueness. It is the fear of getting swept away by a glorious love, a love so strong that none of us can even envision something as magnificent and mighty!
For me, those are the big secrets, because it doesn’t start off with this great consciousness. It always starts with feeling like you have done something incorrect, whether you’ve pleasured yourself, stolen something, abused an individual, or there is something in your mind that you have considered as so ghastly that you don’t even want to meet it, you just want to overlook about it and push it out of awareness.
Underneath all those memories and thoughts, is the belief that we are divided. This is the “secret” we hide. It really is an unfeasible belief, but we believe that it is true; We have deemed it as horrific and have pushed it out of notice. All unconscious guilt comes from this belief in separation. And as you really provide 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 division!
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