The thing is that to live this way certainly means putting aside the EGO, the PAST, and also PERCEPTION and replacing that with CHOICE, VISION, Creative Imagining and INTUITION.
I use this process Max speaks of daily. Some days I find myself falling back into Ego perceptions.... but since I know that is what I am doing I can laugh at myself and change my choices & thoughts.
It must be accepted that the Ego is the resistance necessary to contain the creative force within - without such resistance it cannot be contained. This is the shell (ego mind/illusion) which holds the seed (spirit,creative center, consciousness). Without this resistance, all is one - Ego is the basis of separation and denial of our true identity so we can play this game called "Life".
When Ego controls and consciousness is in bondage, then we live according to ego based reality (physical perceptions) which are untrue because.... the ego is built up layer upon layer through past experiences, emotions, and misperceptions. This creates an illusion of "Reality" which is simply a reaction to past events. Each thought, action, and decision is based upon memory & misperception.
When the ego is diminished and consciousness is free to create (but still sufficient ego left to contain/resist) then we cease to think in the past or to allow anything we believe is an effect of an earlier causation to have effect. When consciousness is in control, everything emminates from NOW.
Ego sees "Reality" or NOW as the effect of a previous cause, using physical perception to interpret the past. It then projects reality through its (mis)perceptions, by bringing the past into the present - the past is cause and now is the effect.
Consciousness creates first by perceiving (choosing) what is desired NOW (cause), then that reality is created (effect).
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