Awareness being aware of itself only, is
the key. Awareness IS. There is no doubt about that. And what
is, is one, besides which there is no other. Satan is the belief
that there IS another. That's when you have duality and all that
duality generates (suffering, pain, fear, death, disease, malice,
etc., etc., etc., etc.,). It all ORIGINATES from the belief that
awareness CAN be aware of anything but itself. That's the big
lie that is the father of all lies (the Devil). Simply the belief
that awareness CAN be aware of anything but itself. Awareness
can never be presented with something to be aware of that comes
from outside itself. It can only be aware of its own, one, infinite,
self. Because there is no other. Truth is all there is besides
which there can not be anything else. God is all there is besides
which there is no other. And so it must be that Awareness is
all there is, besides which there is nothing else. So awareness
is ALWAYS being aware simply of itself.
All the distress comes from awareness judging
something that it is aware of as "alien" or originating
from some other source other than itself. Once the "I"
realizes that "I" created it all, then nothing any
longer can be a threat, because you were creating it all along,
just for the purpose of feeling what it would feel like if you
were limited, instead of infinite, fragmented, instead of one,
insignificant, instead of absolute, boxed in, instead of free,
unknowing, instead of omniscient, a tiny speck, instead of omnipresent,
powerless, instead of omnipotent. You remain all along the one,
infinite, absolute, free, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent
awareness, and it is you who are creating the illusion of limitation,
simply to feel what it would feel like, for no other reason.
You are not in the slightest bit stuck in
the illusion. You are creating it every moment. And you can stop
creating it at any moment. Simply by becoming aware of awareness,
and realizing that all that you are aware of is also your awareness
too. Don't judge what you experience, or what you see. Either
it's God in manifestation or it's an illusion of something other
than God. In either case it is totally harmless. If it's an illusion,
it's still only an illusion created by you in your own awareness,
having no other life, and no other source, but you. If you want
to nothingize it, simply stop creating your belief in it, and
it will disappear. Because it isn't there anyway. All it is is
reflection of your belief in it, your belief that it is something
other than you. You are awareness, and awareness is all there
is, so there is nothing other than you. It's only the idea that
there is that creates all the problems.
So when you greet any experience, or view
anything you see, as simply you, you have solved the problem.
All the "yes, but" and "but what ifs" merely
come from the same problem perspective that there CAN be something
other than you. If it's you, it can't harm you, because you are
awareness, and awareness is ONE.
It is the Devil who suggests the Satanic
Idea. The Satanic Idea is: "You
are Not the Only One, there is Another. Your Awareness is Not
the Sole Awareness, there is Another. Your Being is Not the Only
Being, there is Another." From that
idea comes all the other ideas that create illusory problems:
"God is Another Being Besides You, and You Are Something
Other Than God. The World is Something Else Besides You, and
Something Else Besides God, Too." The solution to all these
Satanic Ideas is one thing and one thing alone -- The Christ
-- who says, "Be
Still, And Know That I am God." But
the Christ in You, the "I", does not say this to the
illusions; it does not tell the illusions to be still as though
they were doing anything of their own. The Christ in You, your
Awareness, says this to the sense of self that is creating the
illusions by believing they are possible, to that self, not to
the illusions, your awareness says, "Be Still and Know That I am God." "Be Still, I only pretended to be you to feel
what it feels like, I am your source, so Be Still," your
awareness says, "It is I Who Am God, God is What I Am."