The Seer

Always keep before you the central liberating truth that Consciousness is all there is and that is What you are … always and already. When you know this in your heart, all becomes clear. You are not a body/mind/personality having certain ’spiritual’ experiences, you are Spirit ItSelf having a temporary experience in and as a particular form.

As you know, all forms are unstable and eventually deteriorate over time. When the human form ceases to function, the life consciousness in that form becomes formless once again, not as a ‘bit’ of spirit or a ghost, but as Spirit in it’s infinite entirety.

Think of a wave breaking on the seashore. The form of the wave disappears, but the water is not lost in any way — it simply becomes part of the ocean again. There are no ‘ghost’ waves within the ocean … just water, however, from the ocean, other waves may arise eventually and roll across the sea to another shore.

The belief in or concept of ‘ghosts’ or ’souls’ going on and existing somewhere after the death of the body is just another way the little me tries to cling to its separate selfhood. It’s a way of reinforcing the idea that we are all individual entities and will somehow remain so forever. This is not the answer the egoic self is looking for and it will demand that you keep an ‘open mind’ on the subject and urge you to seek out those who will confirm its desperate hope of ongoing existence as a ghostly entity of some kind.

Once you have ’seen’ or understood What you really are (the ocean, not just the wave), you can smile at the ego and reassure it that it does not have to take on the task of preserving ‘you’ anymore, because you have now seen that your essential Self is deathless and eternal, and always was. If you like, you can thank the ego for its concern and allow it to resume the role it was meant to have in the first place — that of enabling you to function in society as a unique and special form for as long as that form will last. You then see the ego as a form within a form (within Awareness) and honor that form as we should all expressions of the One.

Finally, Christine, be careful about speaking of your ego as a separate entity within yourself to whom you must cater when ‘it’ makes ‘its’ demands. Remember, all is Consciousness … without any separation whatever. If enlightenment or awakening means anything at all, it means the healing of all divisions within us. The ego is then seen as a conditioned part of our mental functioning and not as a ’someone’ with whom we have a relationship. From the standpoint of infinite Awareness, view this ego-function with understanding and compassion and you will find this function will eventually become a peaceful and helpful part of your life-experience.

Your ever well-wisher,