[14 Chakras]

"This unity concept is a very difficult one for most people."

- Yes surely, or I think we would already have heaven manifest here on earth. Perhaps it's up to the ground crew, the pioneers in consciousness, to break through the illusions when they're still dense and make an easy and nice road for others to follow... for me a key understanding I have come to is that when I overcome my illusions of separation, I don't lose me. I don't lose the I AM, I gain my real identity which is beyond identification in the world of form, but is still very conscious and very alive. God did not create infinite individualization's of itself to have them lose their sense of identity when they Ascend, God created sons and daughters who will ascend in knowing our Oneness with the whole, but Being unique individualization's within it (a riddle I believe we must solve to achieve enlightenment)

"There are times that I cannot fathom why it is that I perform in this life as I do... it's as though I'm not really living "myself" but life is "living me", so to speak. I experience things, I think thoughts that are unsavory... whether perceived or caused by myself..."

- I am reminded of Paul of Tarsus when he writes in what appears to be an especially down on himself time in his mission "How to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do." Paul goes on to explain that it is the carnal mind that is causing him problems here...

Are you both talking about the same thing?

Eckhart Tolle in "the Power of Now" and "A New Earth" does a bang up job explaining this phenomenon. The human ego, which Paul referred to as the carnal mind, may be at fault here...

My take is, our conscious self has come to identify as the illusion of being separated from the whole, this has birthed the separate ego, but this separate sense of identity is more like Dr. Jekyl than our true divine Self. It's not 'evil' it's just based on an illusion that you are something static and separate. When you begin to observe it, you begin to shine light on it and transmute the illusion. Dr. Jekyl starts to fade and eventually disappear to be replaced by the reality of who we are... infinite spiritual beings here to raise up our co-creation. The illusion of limitation is what falls away…

From my own experience, I've come to see that when I'm coming from my heart which is beyond my ego, I'm a lot more effective and the end result is something I'm a lot happier with. It's when I out think my heart and do something that is comparing my separate sense of identity with others that I find I run into trouble in the long run...

I personally have found Eckhart Tolle's books to be hugely beneficial in becoming aware of the two voices and starting to choose the higher one that brings me more peace, certainly not always easy or mistake free, but I have found it a fruitful and worthwhile journey nonetheless. Have you read any Tolle?

"I think that what is primarily and fundamentally at issue is how we handle what is deemed "negative".… When I look into my own eyes or anothers' I intend to see "God" the creator, the accountable."

- That sounds pretty good to me! I don't think the creator is here to let itself off the hook that easily. Unconditional Love means not letting a part of itself get trapped forever in the illusion of separation and suffering. The creator wants to raise itSelf up within it's own creation, but it's everything, and that's where we as part of the body of the creator come in! I think that means that we’re here to shine our unique light on the darkness.

It appears as though there are forces in our world who feel very much separate from the whole and are willing to push the rest of humanity down to raise themselves up. That may not be a karmically smart thing to do and the time may be here that all beings will be faced with the choice, am I willing to come up higher and realize my interconnectedness with other life? Or am I so lost in my illusions of grandeur and self righteousness that I'm going to die when the illusion dies? Although it can be put off for a while, I think the statement "you reap as you sew" applies to all of creation... even ‘the prince of this world’….

But that's kind of the point, if we get so upset about injustice and believe it's our job to punish it, then we may ourselves create karma in the process and become a part of the problem of increasing the illusion of separation and getting ourselves in some endless dualistic struggle while we’re at it.

I believe the universe has laws set up to handle injustice, and none can escape from the rule forever - you reap as you sew. I think that's why Jesus said "turn the other cheek". It's not that it's ok for someone to wrong you, or humanity, but when we understand they are really wronging themselves and will have to pay back this misuse of energy themselves, that they are in fact judging themselves by their reaction to you when you come from a place of light, then we don't need to get ourselves into trouble by seeking revenge and keeping the cycle going... instead we can forgive them, which will in turn free ourselves from any negative energy, return to the Now, and as you say “trust life”…

However, I don't think we should ever let them stop us from shining our light and seeking and Being our truth!