unlearning the lie

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>

> Lies don't come from space.

> Lies come from the mind of man.

>

> The lie that " sense of conscious presence " , " sense of being " ,

> is a particular name and shape is learned behavior,

> a teaching.

>

> What we are attempting to do now,

> is unlearn " that lie " .

>

> To reveal that lie for what it is.

> A lie.

>

> El

 

 

Well stated, El.

 

I found myself saying yesterday, elsewhere,

 

" Different waves will behave differently

.....depending on where it is, what they're

'made of' and the forces of nature surrounding

it. Given those specific variables, that wave

could behave no other way.

 

I hear N. saying man is no different....

that man is only a 'wave' being danced

by the ocean. "

 

And as I allowed those words

to really melt into 'me',

 

and hearing those words ring

'true',

 

it struck me just how much would

have to be surrendered, in order

for that 'lie' you described to be

" unlearned " ,

 

such that man was free to see that

there is no personal, independent

reality.....to see that man is only

'wave'.

 

Unlearning would encompass

the dropping of all value systems,

expectations, and preferences.

 

Considering that, I began counting

the number of 'value' oriented

expressions I make in just one day.

 

It's a rather stunning revelation.

 

It becomes easier and easier to see

that it is those 'values' - and our desire

for others to adopt them

 

that is the source of so much suffering.

 

Suffering, and 'hurt', and anger, and

sorrow drops not when 'others' or

events unfold as we would design them.

 

Suffering ends when these value systems

are seen for what they are: obstacles to

a natural, abiding, 'unconditional' nature

 

rather than a *blueprint* for one.

 

Melody

 

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