II The Ego and False Autonomy, paragraph 11
7-15-13
11 It cannot be emphasized too often that correcting perception is merely a temporary expedient. It is necessary only because misperception is a block to knowledge, while accurate perception is a stepping-stone towards it. The whole value of right perception lies in the inevitable realization that all perception is unnecessary. This removes the block entirely. You may ask how this is possible as long as you appear to be living in this world. That is a reasonable question. You must be careful, however, that you really understand it. Who is the “you” who are living in this world? Spirit is immortal, and immortality is a constant state. It is as true now as it ever was or ever will be, because it implies no change at all. It is not a continuum, nor is it understood by being compared to an opposite. Knowledge never involves comparisons. That is its main difference from everything else the mind can grasp.
For the most part, my mind is focused solely on correcting my misperceptions. I know that my aim is to undo the ego, or to put it another way, to remove the blocks to Love’s presence. I seldom think past that because it is for me, still an all-consuming job. Well, perhaps not so all-consuming as it used to be, but still, there is much to be done. But Jesus doesn’t want us to lose sight of the end game. Yes, we are to allow our perceptions to be corrected, but ultimately, all perception becomes unnecessary.
As I ask the Holy Spirit to heal my mind (correct my perceptions) I am building a bridge. My right perceptions will bring me to a point that I am ready for all perception to be released. In my mind, I have seen this as me being taught the truth, then when I have enough clarity to want more, being led to something else. But as I read this paragraph I see that I do not really grasp the truth of this. I am still looking at it from the standpoint of Myron when I think like this. In other words, I am asking as if I am the character I made up for this story.
This is why I know I still have more work to do, more undoing of the ego. I sometimes feel my true nature, but often I slip right back into character, and though never as completely as before, I still am easily confused. When the mind is completely healed of all misperception, I will know me and there will be no confusion about who I am. I won’t be a better Myron. I won’t be Myron with clarity. I will know myself as Spirit, and I will know all there is to know and perception will become inconceivable.
I have to stop once in a while and remind myself what perception really is. The dictionary defines it as a neurological process of observation and interpretation. Interpretation implies that it could be more than one meaning depending on how I see it. Once ego is undone, there will be no more interpretation. All will be known and the known will never change. I am so accustomed to variation and comparison that I hardly know how to describe certainty, but I understand it just enough to want it.
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