One of the biggest secrets we attempt to keep is a sense of self-governance and self-esteem. The concept or emotion that you are crucial in some special way, that you are loved by a unique person, that an individual is giving you distinctive attention, these are some of the ego’s very nuanced secrets. We are attempting to hide our Sacred Self and are playing all these different games, which look to be very upsetting. It is pretty depressing and it really doesn’t go anywhere, so we attempt to get scraps of distinctive love, attention and acclaim to prop ourselves up.
We toil so hard at becoming “superior people”, at obtaining greater intelligence and more skills. We want to be liked more and be more famous. The entire self-help sector is focused on enhancing the self so you can turn into a better you. That is another scheme we secretly engage on ourselves, thinking we have to keep spinning our wheels trying to turn into better. This self-improvement game is another secret we can to learn to let go of. It is very calming when you start to realize that you do not have to turn into any better than you currently are. You were formed perfect. It is not through self-improvement that you find tranquility but through self-acceptance.
As I engaged with A Course in Miracles, I could notice that there was a dread of divine love in my mind. I recognized this was the ego’s fear of losing itself. The ego is afraid of being uncovered and being viewed as a puff of nothingness. That is the fear of intimacy. We discuss about this dread in relationships, which is sometimes portrayed as fear of sexual intimacy, but it is really a fear of dropping our persona, our mask of individuality. It is the dread of getting swept away by a magnificent love, a love so strong that none of us can even fathom something as splendid and mighty!
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 pleasured yourself, stolen something, abused somebody, or there is something in your mind that you have deemed as so hideous that you don’t even want to meet it, you just want to dismiss about it and push it out of awareness.
Underneath all those recollections and thoughts, is the belief that we are separated. This is the “secret” we hide. It really is an unattainable belief, but we assume that it is true; We have considered it as horrific and have pushed it out of notice. 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 separation!
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