Images     By Sandy Jones

The world we see and live in and as, is an image of the Eternal Real.

This world we experience is like a holographic image of God.

God is all there is. God is Real and is the One and Only Reality here.

This experience we call living is really God's experience of Its Self.

Therefore, it is easy to see that all images are just images being images within God's Own Light of Itself which is manifesting as Awareness.

Awareness is Always here, that is undenibale.

So, we can learn quickly that the value isn't in the images, things, or words. Whether some guru, pope or president seems to speak words that seem to be phony or true. The value is not in the teacher, or guru or study, or any of that. It is not a matter of choosing what idealisms to believe in. The importance isn't in how many of those images, gurus, books, teachers or presidents resonate with the our preferences, or how many folks agree with us or disagree. We do not have know which ones are the 'real deal' or not, or whether any of them tell you they are more authorized, more intelligent, more educated or more enlightened than others--or more 'non-dual' than others---So what, it all makes no difference to Awareness Itself which is the One and Only Real Identity that is the very beingness of all images and all that is seen and unseen.

To recognize one's own Identity as God's is to know that God is all there is to the whole vast array of 'things' that seem to be 'out there'.

That recognition is where the Joy and Freedom is.

To realize that any 'they' are not 'out there'-- 'they' are Here within the Awareness I am That is God's and God's alone.

If I am the Awareness, then I do not need to worry about the images, ideas, and things within This I That I Am.

The Truth isn't in the 'ism' of any kind, be it dualism or non-dualism, religion, teacher, guru, websites containing certain philosophies or systems geared to reach understanding or whatever they claim (some speak the Truth clearer than others, but still just images within This Awareness that is God's Alone).

The Truth, the Living Presence, the Light of Being is not in the images within Awareness and not in any of the countless numbers of 'ideas' available to us. A Good thing to understand, most especially now in these days of overflowing instantaneous information and communication. The information is growing exponentially, but now we can stop and see it is nothing, meaningless nothing but passing, temporal, holographic Light made of God's Divine Unseen Light. Words, thoughts, ideas, things, matter; not real and nothing to get caught up in .

The One and Only Real Supernal 'answer' is "in" That which is being the Informative Light of Awareness-I-Am ( you are). This Light is 'being' the perceiving that is perceiving right here and now.

This percieving which is all inclusive clearly includes all kinds of reflections appearing 'to us' as 'things' i.e. teachers, philosophies and systems within Itself.

The eternal Isness being all images is being the entire universe. This is God's Infinite Mind which is an energy can neither be created nor destroyed.

We could admire or disparage any number of things (and most often we do) but that turns out to be judgmental foolishness, unnecessary and confusing, not only to ourselves but to those who hear us.

It is essential to not lower our sights down to 'the ten thousand things' but rather to Lift our Vision up where we can see all Life from the The Child Heart of us. The Child Within, the Divine Spirit we are is That Identity that knows and lives on The High Ground already.

The wonder and marvel comes when we can actually know the purpose for this world and the multitude of 'things' without getting caught up by them, but being able to 'do for them' if we can, lift up others if we can.

Understanding the reason for the images and this world and the purpose it serves, then we can continue to read books, give and listen to talks, discuss ideas as long as it comes to us to do these things.

Now we are not fearful of the 'ten thousand things' nor do we condemn them, nor do we have to fight with them or prove our point, because we know the Value isn't there.

Now we maintain an unshakable equanimity in the knowledge that Eternal Allness is being the Identity-I-am and is the Only Real Value.

We marvel at the variety and abundance reflecting the Infinitude of God's Allness. We can bring Peace and Joy to the World and to others when we ourselves come to Understand 'things'.

Along with This Clear Understanding we find the ability to discern 'wrong and right' but we are not drawn into an attack or defense of those things. We find New Ways and Live in Balance.

The Truth stands as its own monument with beauty, simplicity, tenderness and an unjudging love that makes the Heart sing and does astounding things within our experience.

Teachers, gurus, books, preachers, presidents, whatever and whoever are NOT the Value, are Not That Which IS REAL are not to be put up as 'real'.

Only Awareness is Real and It is God's alone.

I listen to the Holy Councilor only, who teaches me directly-here, right here in my Heart.

 

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