Uncovering Your Private Thoughts Is Vital – Guidance from This Instant Is Your Wonder

One of the biggest secrets we try to keep is a sense of autonomy and self-esteem. The notion or feeling that you are significant in some distinct way, that you are cherished by a unique person, that an individual is giving you unique attention, these are some of the ego’s very delicate secrets. We are trying to hide our Divine Self and are engaging in all these varied games, which seem to be very disconcerting. It is quite depressing and it really doesn’t go anywhere, so we try to get scraps of unique love, attention and acknowledgment to prop ourselves up.

We labor so hard at becoming “better people”, at gaining greater intelligence and more skills. We want to be appreciated more and be more popular. The entire self-help sector is focused on improving the self so you can grow into a better you. That is another gimmick we secretly play 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 soothing when you start to understand that you do not have to grow into any better than you already are. You were made perfect. It is not through self-improvement that you find tranquility but through self-acceptance.

As I collaborated with A Course in Miracles, I could notice 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 perceived as a puff of nothingness. That is the dread of intimacy. We talk about this fear in relationships, which is sometimes portrayed as fear of sexual intimacy, but it is really a terror of dropping our persona, our mask of uniqueness. It is the dread of getting swept away by a splendid love, a love so strong that none of us can even fathom something as glorious and powerful!

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, swiped something, abused an individual, or there is something in your mind that you have considered as so horrible that you don’t even want to face it, you just want to forget about it and push it out of awareness.

Below all those reminiscences and ideas, is the belief that we are separated. This is the “secret” we hide. It really is an unfeasible belief, but we think that it is true; We have considered it as horrific 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 encounter this hidden belief in disunion!

Please, share any ideas and observations with me below, I’d love to hear about your journey!

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