Broken Meaningless Pieces [Backlog: Lesson 4/Chapter 28]

In chapter 28, the text describes the illusion of everyone as broken pieces of a single picture.

Time began when we, as a unified creation of God, decided (then forgot) to be the concept of a individual. We believed we broke apart from God and could think for ourselves, and think private, unshared thoughts. That we forgot about this decision was because of the fear we made at the same time.

An analogy could be that we were like a young child that broke a mirror and ran to hide in fear of our parents; except that we thought we broke our unity, and have been running ever since.

Perhaps the best (two-dimensional) description could be that we were a falling mirror or pane of glass, such that during the fall we reflected a distorted and disorienting view of the world. When we hit, we broke apart and spread out. Because of the ripple effect from the impact, some center pieces came to rest almost immediately, while the outer-edge pieces are still kinetically spreading apart. (I've always wondered if our constant population growth on Earth is really a sign of further fragmentation.)

C28:4:9:5: The forms the broken pieces seem to take mean nothing.

Lesson four starts making the connection between the meaninglessness of all the separate things we see in the world and all the separate thoughts we have. The bottom line is that everything, whether perceived as real or imagined, is meaningless in its separateness.

You can see a table and have an impression of it. You can then think of the same table and have a different impression of it. These broken impressions (forms) that didn't come together as the one definitive view are meaningless apart. Not seeing "the whole picture" is our excuse for inaction or for mistakes.

Again, as part of the lesson, we need only acknowledge, or profess, that this is the case, that we are the cause of the fragmented world we see. We'll eventually be led to seeing in a different way that will show us the true meaning behind everything we see.

Aaron

Lesson 7 - "I only see the past" --Robert

The idea of this week is "I only see the past." This was an interesting concept to hold in mind, as this awareness seems to aid much of the anger and resentment we may accumulate through life. Here is an excerpt from the text:

"This idea is particularly difficult to believe at first. Yet it is the rationale for all of the preceding ones.


It is the reason why nothing that you see means anything.
It is the reason why you have given everything you see all the meaning that it has for you.
It is the reason why you do not understand anything you see.
It is the reason why your thoughts do not mean anything, and why they are like the things you see.
It is the reason why you are never upset for the reason you think.
It is the reason why you are upset because you see something that is not there."

This makes sense, and seems to sum up the previous 6 lessons as well. Seemingly it is the reason as to why nothing means anything, or why I don't understand all that I see. Also the reason for why I'm upset in certain situations. But of course, I don't take this at face value, but will adopt it once it makes sense in my life.

Fortunately for me I have not experienced much discord at all with this material, and it has been a very easy integration process. These concepts are not FULLY integrated however, but I do keep them in mind. This blog is part of my integration process, as repetition will help me recall these concepts that much more.

The best way I can relate to this week's lesson is by using my friend as an example yet again. This friend of 20 years, who "disappointed" me on my birthday did not do so out of malice, or contempt. I know this. And my only real reason for being upset with him is by seeing him only in the light of the past, instead of seeing him for all that he is in this moment of now.

My past associations with him, ie. 20 years of fairly regular birthday gifts, comes rushing to the forefront at the moment he breaks my expectation. My expectation of others is something I've worked on for years, and little by little, I remove these bonds of expectations from others, yet some still remain in key situations. So seeing the past when looking at him makes perfect sense... and it is only by seeing the past do my expectations manifest, and thus I set myself up for disappointment.

Essentially that kind of thought process lets the illusion control my emotional state, instead of just deciding to be happy regardless - and taking my power back from the illusion. I know which path is the correct one, but walking it consciously is not always that easy.