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Originally Posted by Cantando
As we exist withing a mind/body/ego framework we need to bring this into ourselves calmly and gradually. We are all connected with same "I Am" stuff, so the more united we are and the closer we get to the source of "I Am", the happier amd more fulfilled we will be.
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I agree, if there was a process by which you make a child grow up faster, would it necessarily be worth it? The growth experience has value. Growth allows ecstasy to be more fully appreciated.
The way I see it, there is Oneness. This Oneness is synonymous with consciousness. We seemingly live in a reality with parts. The truth is, the separation never occurred, but we believe it did, and because of that, the Oneness took on the
behaviour of a separated reality with parts and distinctions. But it's all a matter of perspective. It is like looking at a shattered mirror. Your reflection is in each of the pieces -- you yourself, never shattered, but your image appeared to, but then, it wasn't real anyhow. And by moving the pieces of the mirror about, you can see that you are still whole. It is simply your ability to see it all at once that has been hampered.
So one way of looking at it is there is only one reality, and it is subject to consciousness. Another perspective allows us to see that because Oneness has took on the behaviour of separation, a pseudo objective reality can exist because the seemingly separated "parts" can "agree" on certain properties of reality. The more peace you attain in this life, and the more conflicts you resolve in yourself, the more illusory the separation will seem. When you resolve all conflictual thoughts within yourself (which currently can
appear to be
outside yourself), this world will no longer appear to have parts.
The ego is the part of your mind that believes in separation. It insists that is "in here", therefore, there must be a world "out there" or vice versa.