The Only I

            The experience of ego comes with a strong sense of identity. “This is me,” it says of consciousness. Really, what it is saying of consciousness is, “This is real.” As consciousness is an illusion, ego is a delusion, or the idea that the illusion is real.

As the shift in consciousness approached this mind, it often came to it that rather than the question “What am I?” the better question is “What is real?” because the former question is answered in the latter question. Only what is real could be said to be an identity.

The shift in consciousness was Christ, God’s Extension to consciousness, revealed as the only “I”. The dawning of Christ’s Reality in this mind’s conscious awareness pushed ego aside to become the sideshow it is. It winds down, perhaps to become dormant someday.

When this mind began to have experiences that showed the “I” was not the experiencer (consciousness), it was confused to also see the “I” never actually identified with the experiencer. Certainly, it seemed it had! Ah, but then it understood. The only “I” is not this mind, or individual consciousness. The only “I” is Christ, Which is beyond consciousness. And Christ is whole and complete. No part of Christ has ever been lost to Christ, so no part of Christ must return to Christ. The “I” of Christ, the Identity of Christ, Christ’s Reality, is untouched by consciousness, which simply goes on beside it.

Consciousness is the “alternate reality” meant to replace God’s Reality. It is represented for you by the person. But it is neutral in itself and can only respond with thoughts and experiences to the idea that consciousness is real (ego) or to the Idea of God (Spirit), Which knows consciousness is not real and looks beyond consciousness to Reality and Identity, Christ, Which is beyond consciousness.

What is interesting is the experience of “I” did not change, only what it was applied to changed. Ego denied Christ and pointed to consciousness as reality but could not change the sense of “I”. It only misapplied it to consciousness.

For so long this mind tried to understand identity through ego, always trying to answer, “What am I?” in a way that satisfied ego, meaning looking to consciousness for the answer. It’s a whole other view from Christ. In Christ, the only “I” is Christ. Anything else is an illusion. 

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Comments

will said…
The ego always speaks first.
When you read the course, the ego always speaks first.
This is the cause of your difficulty with understanding the course.
Preparation with the Holy Spirit is always needed prior to starting.
As you progress in the course the ego increases its intensity to match this.
It tells you that you have beaten it with your spirituality and progress in the course.
Never believe this.
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