October 9, 2008 My true Identity abides in You.

That thing, albeit handsome as hell, in the mirror is not me.

That thing, albeit astute and brilliant, that sees that thing in the mirror is not me.

That thing, albeit awake with gratitude, that observes that thing seeing that thing in the mirror is not me.

The I in “I am” is not me.

We are one but you is not me and neither are we.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) -

a·bide <!–

1.	to remain; continue; stay: Abide with me.

2.	to have one’s abode; dwell; reside: to abide in a small Scottish village.

3.	to continue in a particular condition, attitude, relationship, etc.; last.

See how crazy words are? We are one, abiding in a small Scottish village?

When we try to see everything together we envision everything intertwined some how. So I am one with God but it is still me being one with you and God which cannot be.

“We dwell in the house of the Lord.” We need a new language?

“The unity of the holy trinity.” There is only one but there is three of them and then there is us together with them for eternity. No clocks?

You just have to lose the identity. It’s wicked simple!

If you are not practicing the course then I urge you to begin. It has been described as a course in mind training and it is exactly that. When you physically train your muscles get bigger. When you study your brain gets bigger. With the course you are training the mind to lose it eventually. Not in the conventional sense where you become insane but you lose the mind to become sane. But you can’t become anything. You can’t lose the mind either because it is not there to begin with. Where would there be? How should I know?

If someone screamed at you, “You’re nothing!” Would that piss you off? You kind of like thinking that you are something. Don’t you? It’s that damned identity thing. It gets you all of the time!

Don’t you just love this stuff!