Unshakable Awareness of Being

"Truth neither moves nor wavers nor sinks down to death and dissolution. And what is the end of death? Nothing but this; the realization that the Son of God is guiltless now and forever. Nothing but this. But do not let yourself forget it is not less than this." -- A Course in Miracles; Manual for Teachers, 27.7:6-10

One of my teachers, Gangaji, once said that her teacher's favorite sayings were, "Keep quiet," and "Give up the search." She explained that the Truth of Being can only be known when we stop looking for it or trying to explain it. It already IS, and always has been, and always will be... changeless, deathless, guiltless, and forever One.

Is it really possible to have a true experience of this Oneness? You already have had, you already do. How could you not have what you already ARE? You simply have discounted and minimized this Awareness, rather than valuing It as the Truth of Being. Instead, you've valued and focused on the fragmenting experiences of everyday life. Instead, if you're like the rest of us, you continue to value and focus on what you think you should be valuing and focusing on, according to other people and their opinions. All of this is arbitrary, depending on social and religious constructs and other mental machinations... including so-called spiritual ones. None of it is true. All of it is for forgetting and maintaining an illusion of separateness and specialness, including the illusion of spiritual progress and spiritual pride. Forgiveness, the deliberate releasing of all these mental constructs of value and reality, is for Remembering. Forgiveness, the realization that none of it is true, is the end of the world as we know it. Forgiveness, the Awareness that our Self is eternal and innocent and free, is the end of death.

Have you ever looked through a book of 3-D pictures? You can't see both the graphics of the maze and the hidden 3-D picture at the same time. You can't remain Aware of Self while continuing to value and believe your own dreams. As Jesus said, a man can't serve two masters. Choose this day whom you shall serve. Jesus' advice was and is the most practical and literal advice we can find. He wasn't speaking platitudes. Even when he spoke in parables he was pointing to the Reality beyond. His unshakable Awareness of Being, his uncompromising Oneness with God is the model for all of us. And his advice is that forgiveness, the continual releasing of all that appears to be real in the dream, is how we return to Awareness of Oneness, of Self.

We are non-dual Being walking in a dream of duality. To walk in this dream but not be of it, our allegiance must be to the Reality of Oneness. Hence the first commandment, "Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is ONE: and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength." Jesus said the only other law that matters is, "Love your neighbor as your Self." (The Bible; Mark 12:29-31) Stay mindful of Oneness. Stay mindful of Self. Continue forgiving and seeing the nothingness of anything that appears special or separate. Remain in the blissful and unshakable Awareness of Being.

"What is the Resurrection? It is a reawakening, or a rebirth, a change of mind about the meaning of the world. It is the relinquishment of all other purposes, all other interests, all other wishes and all other concerns. Vision is wholly corrected and all mistakes undone. There is now no opposition to the Truth. The Son of God is free." -- A Course in Miracles; Manual for Teachers 28.1:2,9; 3:3,11; 4:3