Yesterday\u2019s tip pointed out that the word \u201clie\u201d is in the center of the word \u201cbelief.\u201d Today\u2019s reading seems to echo that point when it says:<\/p>\n
All that you experience and believe to be true is not true.<\/p>\n
When something is true, it is in accordance with fact or reality. Today\u2019s reading points out that everything we experience and believe is not true, because it is not in accordance with reality.<\/p>\n
Instead of believing \u00a0<\/em>that statement, let\u2019s use inquiry to find out for ourselves.<\/p>\n For example, I can ask, \u201cIs it true that I am a woman?\u201d It appears that I am a woman, but is that a fact that is in accord with reality? There was a time when I would have said, \u201cYes,\u201d but after practicing awareness-watching-awareness, I realize woman is not my essential nature. It is an appearance and an experience, but it is not the essence of my reality.<\/p>\n Also, if I look at awareness as what I am, I find that it is not an experience or a belief. I do not experience awareness. Awareness is that which is aware of every experience. Also, I do not hold a belief that I am awareness. Awareness is a direct knowing. In fact, it is the most intimate known about me.<\/p>\n The reason today\u2019s reading points out that everything we experience and believe is not true is to help us return our focus to reality.<\/p>\n The reading says:<\/p>\n Let\u2019s pass through your dream, see it is not real, and return in glee to all that is real and has not changed.<\/p>\n As NTI Acts 25 pointed out, we have a choice about how to \u201cplay\u201d our role in the world. We can believe our experiences and suffer with them, or we can use each experience for awakening.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s reading gives us another opportunity to consider how we want to play our role. Here are some questions to consider as you contemplate today\u2019s reading:<\/p>\n What is your purpose for this lifetime?<\/p>\n How do you choose to focus your attention as everything happens?<\/p>\n Are you ready to look at thoughts you\u2019ve held dear until now Are you willing to relinquish judgment and self-will?<\/p>\n The reading says that creation\/Heaven does not suffer over your experiences in the world. In this context, both \u201ccreation\u201d and \u201cHeaven\u201d are symbols for consciousness. Consciousness doesn\u2019t suffer over your experiences in the world, because consciousness knows reality, and when it sees you, all it sees is changeless, unaffected reality.<\/p>\n
\nand realize you don\u2019t want them anymore?<\/p>\n