...and why does it matter?
If you have found your way to a Oneness Blessing event, or to this website, you're more than likely seeking answers. You may have participated in self-development courses or studied with a spiritual teacher.
And while the quality of your life, physically, emotionally and spiritually may have improved, nonetheless, you may feel that there is something still missing, something still in the way of getting the life you want, the happiness you desire and the peace you are searching for.
What if the ‘thing in the way' was YOU? What if your idea of yourself as a separate self is blocking your access to permanent peace; love and happiness?
As human beings, we believe we are separate. We each believe we are one small person in a large, scary universe. This belief in ‘me' as ‘separate from ‘you' is so basic that no-one questions it.
As human beings, we preoccupy ourselves every day with imaginary problems: What if I run out of money? What if my partner leaves me? What if I get caught in traffic? and so on.
This incessant struggle with problems that may never exist is surely a sign of insanity! Yet most of our lives are spent in fear, and most of these fears never happen and have no basis in reality. The compulsive thinker – which means almost everyone – lives in a state of apparent separateness, in an insanely complex world of continuous problems and conflict, a world that reflects the ever-increasing fragmentation of the mind.
The mind, and the idea of a separate self, holds you to ransom. It sabotages your plans, your joy and your ultimate happiness. It tells you clearly that you are your thoughts, your feelings and your body.
But what if you were not any of those things?
The beginning of freedom is the realisation that you are not ‘the thinker'.
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