The ego is idolatry; the sign of limited and separated self, born in a body,
doomed to suffer and to end its life in death. It is the will that sees the Will
of God as enemy, and takes a form in which It is denied. The ego is the "proof" that strength is weak and love is fearful, life is really death, and what
opposes God alone is true.
The ego is insane. In fear it stands beyond the Everywhere, apart from All, in
separation from the Infinite. In its insanity it thinks it has become a victor
over God Himself, and in its terrible autonomy it "sees" the Will of God has
been destroyed. It dreams of punishment, and trembles at the figures in its
dreams, its enemies who seek to murder it before it can ensure its safety by
attacking them.
The Son of God is egoless. What can he know of madness and the death of God,
when he abides in Him? What can he know of sorrow and of suffering, when he
lives in eternal joy? What can he know of fear and punishment, of sin and guilt,
of hatred and attack, when all there is surrounding him is everlasting peace,
forever conflict-free and undisturbed, in deepest silence and tranquility?
To know Reality is not to see the ego and its thoughts, its works, its acts, its
laws and its beliefs, its dreams, its hopes, its plans for its salvation, and
the cost belief in it entails. In suffering, the price for faith in it is so
immense that crucifixion of the Son of God is offered daily at its darkened
shrine, and blood must flow before the altar where its sickly followers prepare
for death.
Yet will one lily of forgiveness change the darkness into light; the altar to
illusions to the shrine of Life Itself. And peace will be restored forever to
the holy minds which God created as His Son, His dwelling-place, His joy, His
love, completely His, completely one with Him.
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