Yeah, the concept of illusion is something I've been working with for the last year especially. As time goes on it gets more and more refined, and this book is great because it puts everything into cute little phrases and words.
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The Books terminology is a little hokey for my tastes; irrevelant.
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This is sort of my favorite part. I know lots of Pali words that the Buddhists have for this stuff, and I know a few Sanskrit and Hindi words, and there is the Western Occultism words, and the New Age words, and the Christian words.
But I like Robert's words a lot better!
There is really nothing new under the sun. But it's a lot more fun to say "I'm off on an Egg Hunt!" than it is to say, "I have to make full use of this catalyst!" or to say anitcha and maya and sankhara and karma. Blech
The other thing is that old words hold a lot of our limited beliefs in them because we learned the words in the context of limiting beliefs.
Infinity is infinite. You can't say infinity and then not act like it's infinite. If things are infinite and you are an omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent God, how can there be anything but joy and expansion and abundance? Why do we pretend we need to make affirmations and LoA and we need hard work and self-discipline and all the other things we've all read about.. why do we pretend we need these and then in the same breath talk about infinity?
We don't need to tell God anything because God is omniscient. We don't need to affirm anything because we are omnipotent. Why think and plan and stress and struggle when you're the one infinite creator who has created everything and can change anything at the drop of a hat?
Our only "work" (if we have to use the term "work") is to enjoy ourselves and have fun, and this isn't work this is pretty much the opposite of work.
We take the world so seriously and strive so adamantly, and that itself is the problem! But it's really NOT a problem, it's an EGG!