Escaping The Great Illusion

Escaping the great illusion.
And escaping the ‘escaping’ of the great illusion.
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There are many levels of misunderstanding.

Believing that our mental self is permanent and that we can’t change, is the illusion. Our reality is pure consciousness that sees this illusion in action, but unfortunately assumes that that is what we are. We thus downgrade pure consciousness to just consciousness which is caught and held by a dull, monotonous routine, in constant conflict with everything.

We swim in an ocean of ideas and assumptions driven by whatever we have picked up from others. We adopt a social self – “Believe this, do that”. This is how we cope with life, all the while feeling that there is much more.

This self is neither a friend nor enemy. It is our teacher. Human gurus and prophets are only a reminder to explore our own confused state. If we follow others, we will be also following their confusion – and there’s a lot of it about. We are all the same principle of pure compassionate consciousness, but we manifest to the measure of our understanding – or misunderstanding.

To awaken from this darkness, we merely have to recognise the darkness, rather than trying to escape it. That recognition means that light is present, and this is the key to enlightenment. The idea of escaping is only a temporary measure; the secret is to see the darkness of our hopes and fears as our teacher. This reminds us to drop attachments, suddenly taking responsibility for the moment now.

In this way, we escape the great illusion of collecting the misunderstandings of others.