The ego is
idolatry; the sign of limited and separated self, born into a body, doomed to
suffer and to end its life in death. It is the ‘will’ that sees the Will of God
as enemy, and takes a form in which it is denied. The ego is the ‘proof’ that
strength is weak and love is fearful, life is really death, and what opposes
God alone is true.
The ego is
insane. In fear it stands beyond the Everywhere, apart from All, in separation
from the Infinite. In its insanity it thinks it has become a victor over God
Himself. And in its terrible autonomy it ‘sees’ the Will of God has been
destroyed. It dreams of punishment, and trembles at the figures in its dreams;
its enemies, who seek to murder it before it can ensure its safety by attacking
them.
The Son of God is
egoless. What can he know of madness and the death of God, when he abides in
Him? What can he know of sorrow and of suffering, when he lives in eternal joy?
What can he know of fear and punishment, of sin and guilt, of hatred and
attack, when all there is surrounding him is everlasting peace, forever
conflict-free and undisturbed, in deepest silence and tranquility?
To know reality
is not to see the ego and its thoughts, it works, its acts, its laws and its
beliefs, its dreams, its hopes, its plans for its salvation, and the cost
belief in it entails. In suffering, the price for faith in it is so immense
that crucifixion of the Son of God is offered daily at its darkened shrine, and
blood must flow before the altar where its sickly followers prepare to die.
Yet will one lily
of forgiveness change the darkness into light; the alter to illusions to the
shrine of Life Itself. And peace will be restored forever to the holy minds
which God created as His Son, His dwelling place, His joy, His love, completely
His, completely one with Him.
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