Choosing a Better Story
After the shift in consciousness here I had the sense of making a 180-degree turn in outlook. It felt like the turn radius of something huge, like a ship that makes a long arc to turn around instead of the neat U-turn of a small car. It felt like I had been looking at things backwards and now I would see things from the correct point of view. It took a while to come to fruition. It turns out that what appears in consciousness is a predetermined expression and aspiration—trying to reach a goal—was just part of the expression, it was nothing real, because there was no one here that needed to get somewhere. The appearance that there is, is just that—an appearance. It is ego’s story, and it is just a depiction of an idea. The thing is, I can share what is seen in enlightenment, but I cannot teach it in such a way that it becomes your living experience. If you cannot see that what is appearing in consciousness is only an expression, you canno...