September 20th

Seeing the dualistic mirror of relationship

There is only This - Oneness appearing as two.  It appears as separate people.  But this is just an appearance.  The me exists only in relation to the "other."

Notice what the dualistic mind is doing.  Thought creates a "self" by comparing and contrasting itself to the "other."  In your outward judgment of another, the mirror of relationship creates an inward self-definition.  When you say, "she is wrong," you are impliedly strengthening the "self."  You can only know that she is wrong if you are right.  You can only claim to be attractive in comparison to others that you deem unattractive.  You can only claim to succeed if others fail.  You are only poor in comparison to those that are rich or not as poor as you are.  You can only be a victim if others are perceived as being treated more fairly by life.  You can only claim to be enlightened if there are others who are not enlightened.

The spiritual search is a search for your true identity.  But you cannot realize your true identity through the dualistic mind.  You will only find this mirroring effect - this dualistic comparison and separation.  The dualistic mind will only give you a mental image that has relevance only in relation to something else.

This is not a prescription to stop judging others.  This is an invitation to see the dualistic mind at work.  That seeing reveals your true identity beyond the separate self.

Michael Brown

From PART V: 2. 

(Continuation...)

While we live in a time-based paradigm, our ego is so entrenched that none of us honestly seek to be facilitated. We may declare we do, we may ask for it, but this is only because we contain no idea of what we are asking for. When we request facilitation, we want to be made to feel comfortable and safe about the illusions we entertain. We are asking, "Please assist me to feel good about feeling bad." When our request to be facilitated is accepted, an authentic facilitator is not agreeing to do this. They agree to become the shadow we hide from ourselves and from everybody else. When we request facilitation the real issue requiring our attention does not yet exist for us; only the effects of its presence are visible. Consequently, our reason for asking for assistance is based on the effects, and this is why it is a shock to our system when the facilitator mirrors the unseen cause.        

Chapter 86

The Unknown is the Home of the Real

Q:Many of us were taking drugs at some time, and to some extent. People told us to take drugs in order to break through into higher levels of consciousness. Others advised us to have abundant sex for the same purpose. What is your opinion in the matter?

M:No doubt, a drug that can affect your brain can also affect your mind, and give you all the strange experiences promised. But what are all the drugs compared to the drug that gave you this most unusual experience of being born and living in sorrow and fear, in search of happiness, which does not come, or does not last. You should enquire into the nature of this drug and find an antidote.

Birth, life, death -- they are one. Find out what had caused them. Before you were born, you were already drugged. What kind of drug was it? You may cure yourself of all diseases, but if you are still under the influence of the primordial drug, of what use are the superficial cures?