“The ego is afraid of the obvious, since obviousness is the essential characteristic of reality. Yet you cannot overlook it unless you are not looking.” (ACIM, T-9.VII.3)
I have emphasized, from A Course of Love, many times that we are moving away from the ego and all of its woes. The most obvious parts of our world are not the egoic interpretations, but the reality that is coming about from our dropping of fear and judgment. This reality is blessed, a true gift from God. And we don’t have to wait to experience true reality. If it is obvious, as this quotation says, then it is there for all of us to see. And see it we will, when we have met the conditions of dropping fear and judgment from our group of emotions.
When something is obvious, we don’t overlook it unless we are not looking. The quotation says this, and we know this is true in our own experience. Ask for the obvious today. Let the obvious in your surroundings call to you.
If the “obvious” seems to be painful, then sit with that thought and emotion for a while. Don’t turn the thought and emotion into suffering. Just sit with the pain. If looked at intently, pain will begin to dissipate, for it is only illusion—nothing more. And illusion doesn’t stick around if we are onto it, if we have discerned that in fact it is illusion.
We can give up our dreams of a mad world. We can give up our madness. Find something that absorbs our consciousness, that gives us peace, and see that the pain dissipates.
And the obviousness of true reality will dawn—not later, but now.
I agree. Standing in judgement of another is the antithesis of love.
Wonderful post. Most agreeable in reality. Obviously Soul Strives for Realization.