Willingness is the state of wanting to awaken to truth and being mentally, emotionally, and spiritually ready to do it, even if learning must occur in the process. Willingness is the birth (the beginning) of awakening.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s look more carefully at what willingness is. Let\u2019s begin with the First Principle of God, which is pure, absolute truth. Somehow a motion evolved in the First Principle of God, which created the Second Principle of God. There are stories that try to explain this motion. NTI Romans 2 says it was an idea asking, \u201cWhat if nothing was as it is?\u201d Kabbalah teaches that the First Principle wanted to create a vessel to receive its love. That vessel is the Second Principle. A Course in Miracles \u00a0<\/em>simply calls it \u201ca tiny mad idea.\u201d<\/p>\n All stories are for the mind. They help it to imagine that it understands. I think we are more enlightened when we realize we do not understand, and we are perfectly okay with that. So, I think it is more truthful to say:<\/p>\n Somehow, a motion evolved in the First Principle of God, which created the Second Principle of God. The Second Principle of God is \u2018I am\u2019 consciousness, the first sense of self. For that reason, it is often called the Self. It is a subject without an object\u2014the ability for \u2018awareness of\u2019 without anything to be aware of.<\/p>\n Therefore, the next motion that occurred was the creation of the Third Principle of God, which is a process through which objects can be created. Through the interaction of \u2018I am\u2019 consciousness with the creative principle, the Fourth Principle of God is created.<\/p>\n The Fourth Principle of God is consciousness appearing as something (many things) other than consciousness. In Kabbalah, there is a story about how the vessel (\u2018I am\u2019 consciousness) exploded into many tiny pieces. That story points to the ego, which appears as many individual aspects of \u201cI am,\u201d each one seeing itself as separate and independent.<\/p>\n Willingness\u2014the state of wanting to awaken to truth and being mentally, emotionally, and spiritually ready to do it\u2014is the next motion in this process. It is a natural occurrence through which the \u201cmany\u201d aspects of consciousness begin their return to one unity consciousness. From unity consciousness, an even stronger pull coming directly from the source calls \u2018I am\u2019 back into the First Principle of God. <\/p>\n