I do not know what anything is for.
At first glance, this seems not to be true. As I look around the room, applying today’s lessons to various things, it certainly seems like it is obvious what these things are for. But when I take into consideration the fact that I identify with the ego, I see that I judge their purpose according to how it affects the personal self. Since the personal self is an illusion and I am not, I see this is why I do not know what anything is for.
I had a perfect example of this as soon as I got out of bed. I went into my bathroom and turned on the light and the heater. I dislike the abrupt temperature change from the warm bed to the cold bathroom, so I appreciate this heater very much. This morning, it made an awful noise before the fan got going. I expressed my dismay forcefully. Let’s just say that I said “darn it!” Or something stronger. LOL.
I certainly felt like I knew what that heater was for. But who is it that thinks she needs a heater? It is the ego, the separate self, that is represented by a body. It is the ego, the separate self that has opinions and preferences that may be different than other body-selves.
As long as I continue to reference everything back to a separate self, I will continue to be lost in the world of thought projected outward. I don’t want that. I want to awaken from the imagined world, not reinforce it. So, I am ready for today’s simple lesson. I might have been lukewarm about doing it, but now I am actually excited about it. This lesson, practiced until it is fully accepted, is essential to awakening. That is what it is for.
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