Understanding the Purpose of the Illusions

13. Understanding the Purpose of the Illusions


There is a way to end the confusion, there is a way to see the Illusion as an Illusion, and that is to use the Illusion.

You will know that the Illusion is not real when you see that you can easily manipulate it.

You may claim that you cannot do this. You may say that this is a big order, more than you are up to. Yet humans consciously create illusions every day, and live within them.

Do you know anyone who sets his clock or watch ahead fifteen minutes in order to never be late?

There are those on your planet who do this! They actually set their clock or their watch five or ten minutes ahead of the time that it actually is. Then when they look see what time it is, they motivate themselves to hurry up, because they are pretending that it is several later than it really is.

Some people actually forget that they are playing this little trick on themselves, and think that it really is the time that it is not. This is when the Illusion no longer serves them. It does not serve its intended purpose.

The person who understands that the time on his watch is an illusion that he has created himself relaxes when he sees the time, because he knows that he has a few more minutes. He goes into high gear and becomes very efficient, precisely because he is relaxed. He understands that the Illusion is not the reality.

The person who has temporarily forgotten that the time on his watch is an illusion, and one that he has created himself, is filled with anxiety because he thinks that the Illusion is real.

Thus, two people have two entirely different reactions to the same circumstance. One experiences the illusion as an illusion, and the other experiences it as reality.

Only when an illusion is recognized as an illusion and lived as an illusion can it lead to an experience of Ultimate Reality. Then it serves the purpose of its creator.
You now understand much better.

The way to use the Illusion is to know that is an illusion, and the way to know it that it is an Illusion is to use it. The process is circular, like Life itself.

It begins with your denial of the Illusion as having anything to do with reality. For a very long time you have been denying Ultimate Reality. You have been denying Who I Am, and Who You Really Are. Now you will simply turn your denial around.
You might call this denial “reversal.”

Look around you and make a simple declaration: Nothing in my world is real.
It is that simple.

I have told you before, in many ways at many times. I am telling it to you again, here.

Nothing that you see is real.

It is your watch, set ahead ten minutes.

You are actually “watching yourself.” That is, you are deluding yourself into thinking that what is not so, is so.

But you must watch out, because you can forget easily that you are living within an illusion of your own creation.

Some of you may feel depressed when you are told that what you are experiencing on your planet is all make-believe. Yet do not be downhearted, for your world is your greatest gift, a wonder for you to behold, a treasure for you to enjoy.

Life in physical realm is glorious, indeed, and its purpose is to bring you happiness through the awareness and the declaration, the expression and the fulfillment, of Who You Really Are. Go, therefore, into this magnificent world of your creation, and make your lifetime an extraordinary statement and a breathtaking experience of the most glorious idea that you have ever had about your self.

Remember that every act is an act of self-definition. Every thought carries the energy of creation. Every world is a declaration of what is true for you.

Look to see what you are doing today. Is this how you choose to define yourself?
Look to see what you are thinking today. Is this what you wish to create?

Look to see what you are saying today. Is that what you desire to be so?

Each moment of your life is a holy moment, a moment of creation. Each moment is a new beginning. In each, you are born again.

This is your journey to mastery. It is a journey that will lead you out of the nightmare of your own constructions and into that wondrous dream which your life was intended to be. It is a journey that will lead you to your meeting with the Creator.