Escaping the Illusion's Web: Objectifying the "I" - Part Two of Five___849
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Escaping the Illusion's Web: Objectifying the "I" - Part Two of Five The first lesson of this message, then, is creating intentional
separation. This lesson consists of three simple exercises. The first
is relatively easy: simply rephrase your question, substituting your
given (first) name for the pronoun "I" or "me." For example, you might
be asking: "I am a caring person who loves to serve others; why am I
unable to attract the perfect man into my life?" Rephrase this as:
"Why is Mary (to use our earlier example), who is a caring person and
world server, unable to attract the perfect man into her life?" This
instantly creates parallax, a second point from which you can
simultaneously view. Incidentally, that is how your eyes - separated
by a mere 2 1/4 inches - create the illusion of depth. By re-asking your question in the third person, you not only create a
first level of separation from the I that appears enmeshed in the
problem, but you invite in a host of other parts of you (different
lower subpersonalities and higher aspects of your I-continuum) to
comment or offer suggestions. Your many other I's place at your
disposal both different perspectives and varying amounts of awareness
or consciousness, depending on their roles in your life and their
place on the spectrum. Are you any of them? Again, yes and no - depending on which aspect is
asking the question. Each of them is a part of you, but you are far
more than the sum of these parts. In fact, the essential you is none
of them, just as the orchestra conductor - though indispensable for
unifying the performance of a seventy-piece orchestra - doesn't play a
single note. Unless you disengage from the dominant subpersonalities that have run
your life since you were a toddler - that is, until you see that they
are a part of you but the essential you is none of them - you can't
create a sturdy and reliable enough foundation to carry out the
mission you came to Earth to perform. Too often, people take up lives
of service who cannot successfully tie their own metaphoric shoelaces.
That's like an artist seeking extraordinary new ways of expression
before being thoroughly grounded in traditional technique. Consider
Picasso, for instance, who began his artistic life painting in the
classical style before departing into the fanciful worlds of cubism
and other innovative abstract interpretations. The second exercise in this lesson is about exploring why you are
facing this particular problem. What if this situation was created
specifically for you? What are you supposed to learn from it? Is it
part of a recurring pattern? But as you contemplate these questions,
use your name rather than "I." For example: "Why is the universe going
to such great lengths to deny Mary the perfect man in her life? Is
there something Mary isn't seeing or is unwilling to look at? Has this
happened to Mary before, in other ways?" Do not rush this exercise by accepting the first convenient answer
that pops into your mind. Instead, hold the inquiry in your mind as
you go through the day. It will work as a filtering lens that attracts
and sorts information in a most extraordinary manner. Synchronous
events will occur that provide important insights, expanding your
Awareness in unforeseen ways. You may also begin receiving powerful
dream messages that will shed further light on what you are coming to
understand. After completing the first two exercises in this lesson, move on to
the third: linking your problem to the realm of archetypal patterns.
This works like a cosmic trampoline, propelling you out of the level
of the perceived problem into the universal arena of archetypes.
Restate your problem on a universal scale. For example: "Why are so
many world servers like Mary blocked from attracting their perfect
mates?" This removes the "little I" from the equation entirely. Now
you can revisit the drama of your problem and observe its energetic
patterns from a universal perspective. The profit of this exercise is
nothing short of magnificent. Not only does it allow you to move past
your own blockages, but you'll also appreciate how you, and so many
others like you, got ensnared by this particular part of the illusion. These exercises are to be done quietly in your mind - they are not
about referring to yourself in the third person as you speak to
others. It is best to set aside a sacred place and time to meditate
and use conscious breath work to focus on your three exercises, moving
to the next only after the previous one has borne fruit. This will set
up the process that allows answers to percolate.
Jean-Claude Koven is a Rancho Mirage, CA based writer and speaker. He
is the author of Going Deeper: How to Make Sense of Your Life When
Your Life Makes No Sense, the Allbooks Reviews editor's choice for the
best metaphysical book of 2004. For more information, please visit:
http://www.prismhouse.com
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