Day 138<\/a>, we learned about a wish, which created the creative principle, which in turn makes everything in manifestation. We also learned that the creative principle is the judgment, decision or declaration that something is real.<\/p>\nToday\u2019s reading says:<\/p>\n
Remember that everything you experience, every person, every place and circumstance, is a thought within the mind of you. And each judgment keeps the veil of illusion alive, which hides You from you.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u201d is not the person that you think you are. “You” is consciousness, which is what you actually are. When you judge someone or something, you are not a person thinking meaningless judgmental thoughts. You are consciousness utilizing the creative principle to generate another appearance based on the very same energy that is embedded within your judgment. That\u2019s why your judgment \u201ckeeps the veil of illusion alive.\u201d And within that veil, you appear to be a person in a world instead of the consciousness that you are.<\/p>\n
The world is referred to as an illusion, because it is consciousness appearing as something other than consciousness. Since it is consciousness appearing as many different things, \u201cnothing is at it seems.\u201d<\/p>\n
Why does consciousness appear as many different things, some of which cause extreme suffering in the world?<\/p>\n
As we learned on Day 138, it is because you had a wish:<\/p>\n
What if nothing was as it is?
\nWhat if I could make something completely different,
\nand make it whatever I want?
\nWhat would that be like?<\/p>\n
If you look very carefully at judgment, you will notice that judgment, which is the creative principal, is actually an extension of that wish. For example, if I judge someone as too slow, I am wishing that one was faster, which is \u201csomething completely different\u201d and not \u201cas it is.\u201d If I judge someone as rude, I am wishing that one acted \u201ccompletely different\u201d and that the situation was not \u201cas it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
In other words, just as consciousness extends itself to create the many appearances of manifestation, the wish extends itself to create the creative principle. Each time we judge something, we are literally keeping the illusion that we judge alive.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s clear that we do not want the illusion, because we are judging it, but our judgment keeps it going. So, what are we to do?<\/p>\n
Our reading says:<\/p>\n
In that way, the only judgment that can be applied is that it is what it is<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u201cIt is what it is,\u201d also known as acceptance, is the only judgment, decision or declaration that undoes illusion.<\/p>\n
If the waitress is moving slowly, it is what it is.<\/p>\n
If the cashier is impolite, it is what it is.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is what it is\u201d is a decision to accept the experience exactly as it is, including how you feel about it, without wishing it to be different.<\/p>\n
If you examine \u201cit is what it is\u201d very carefully, you will notice it is The Loving All Method. In other words, the practice that reverses the declaration that makes consciousness appear as many things is a practice that we\u2019ve been practicing for more than a year now:<\/p>\n
The Loving All Method<\/a><\/p>\nIt\u2019s a little reminiscent of the scene from the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy discovered that the pair of ruby slippers, which she\u2019d been wearing all along, was the tool she needed to awaken from the dream and return home. Here are two short videos that depict that scene from the movie. I recommend watching these brief videos before starting today\u2019s reading, because the videos capture the essence of the reading perfectly:<\/p>\n
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