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THE OTHER
VOICE
Brent Haskell
THE
REAL WORLD (part
two)
And what of "seeing" then,
If the very sight of your world of space and time Makes it impossible for you to see the real world What of "sight" and of "seeing?" And 'tis very simple. 'Tis the same. For that which you SEE is truly that which you experience. And what you are is what you have become. And what you are within is reflected In what you seem to see without. And when, within, you know the simple truth That you are not a body, You will not be tempted by the circumstances That seem to befall that body. Rather you will be free. You will be free of this world.
Does that mean that the images of space and time Will disappear? And the answer is no, indeed. For that demands knowledge. And knowledge is that which you cannot reach, You cannot become, while you are yet here In the world of perception, Even though your perception might be true. So if you would attain the real world, You simply deny the one you seem to see with your eyes. And that is simply to realize it is not what you are. And how do you do that? Of that I have spoken before. YOU OPEN TO YOUR RELEASE FROM THE PAST. For in your belief in space and time and the world of illusion, You believe that the past and its circumstances Have literally made you what you are. And without a past you become free of all of that. As you stand, complete and pure and clean, without a past, You simply experience, in that moment, The presence of Love, The presence, the experience, of what you truly are. Now I have told you that the ego teaches you To reach out and GET, to obtain, things. And why do you do that? You do that to define who you are. And you become identified, if you will, with your home, With your car, with your friends, With your closest relationships, With how much money you may have. This you know well. And as you identify with things, You are being taught that to obtain things Is to become who you are. And yet what happens as you obtain things? Your goal becomes more money, a bigger house, A better car, a more attractive body. And the list goes on and on. This you also know well. As you obtain things, you use them to define who you are, As that which keeps you apart from your brothers, your sisters. So as you would follow the advice of the ego And seek to obtain things, You but separate yourself further from your brothers. And, because of the deep inner awareness of your Oneness, Which you cannot shake, This destroys your peace. So even as you obtain more and more things, You but detract yourself from the presence of peace. And this you all know, as you smile and say, "Money cannot buy happiness." It is that of which you speak when you say those words. And all of that comes from looking outside yourself In order to gain, in order to become, who you are. And all of that arises from the very essence of guilt itself. And what does that do? That but perpetrates your belief in separation, And with it the absence of your peace. And what is healing? Healing is joining. Healing is the coming together That brings peace and denies separation. And healing, as I have told you, is quite simply The release from the past. Because it is the past that determines who you are, That defines your ego, that places within your ego The demand to get and to become. And all of that is really the demand To isolate yourself from your brothers and your world. And as you would release the past, You shall be healed. If you would attain the real world, You must deny this one, Which is simply to realize that it is not what you are, And furthermore, that it has no power to dictate what you are, And more importantly for you in space and time, That it has no power to dictate what you experience. You are free to experience peace, Independent of the props of space and time. Just as you are free to experience the absence of peace, Independent of the props of your space and time. But what if your real desire Is to move totally beyond this world, To go, if you will, from perception unto knowledge? What is the difference between the two? If you can begin to attain the real world And realize that what you see with your eyes is not seeing, And realize that this world of space and time Is not what you are, And does not determine what you are If you can come to that place, is that enough? Many of you become frustrated at this juncture. For here in your space and time, it is quite enough. In fact, it is the best that you can do. If you would perceive at all, Perception demands that you look upon your world With your eyes, Seemingly as an isolated being. And so it is not possible to perceive your freedom in any sense, Except to have the realization that it is YOU Who are doing the perceiving. And what happens when you experience knowledge, Which lies beyond this world? When you experience knowledge, Perception passes away into the nothingness that it is. You open to the presence of creation, Which is simply the awareness that all is One, And that there is no separation of any kind Within whatever it is the Son of God creates, Within whatever it is the Son of God experiences. The inner light can answer any of this world's queries and resolve any of its problems. Beyond all of these concerns, the inner light will show you who you are and your relationship to all...and bring you an understanding of love and peace that transcends ordinary human thought processes. Discover what it truly means to "love one another" and to "see peace."
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