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Lesson 22, Silence and Self Honesty

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Silence and Self Honesty

Therefore, understand that in The Way of Transformation, although we’ve covered much territory in this brief year so far, a cornerstone of the universal curriculum must always be the cultivation of a deep self-honesty. And in self-honesty, one decides to simply observe the mind, itself, to simply observe the behavior that flows from the mind through the body, as it gestures itself out into the world. True self-honesty requires time. And why? Because the ego is the attempt to replace honesty and Truth with dishonesty and falsity.

Imagine, then, for a moment , that you are fully enlightened in this moment. You are abiding in a state of perfect freedom and peace. You are at One with God. Would there be anything that you would need to be dishonest with in your own mind? What corner of the mind would you have failed to embrace in Light? Therefore, in Truth, beloved friends, understand well that the ego is the attempt to replace honesty with dishonesty. It is dishonesty, itself. In fact, one could go so far as to say that those that would seek for the devil need look only at the ego, in which case the ego becomes egocentric. And your sense of identity is all wrapped up in defending and protecting a false image of yourself.

Much resistance is pervading your human domain, much energy of resistance, which is only this:

No, I will not look honestly.

I must uphold the image I need to believe

is true about myself.

This is not Love and this is not Truth.

Beloved friends, take a moment, then, and simply cultivate deep self-honesty by merely answering these questions:

Have I ever had a murderous thought?

Have I ever manipulated another mind

in order to try to gain what I believed I needed?

Have I ever withdrawn love

for the subtle reason of causing hurt,

or trying to cause hurt to another?

Have I ever had - shall we call them -

disrespectful sexual fantasies?

Have I ever hated the world?

Have I ever despised myself?

And last, but surely not least, for in Truth, if you would consider it, all of those questions emanate out of this one:

Have I ever hated God?

Now, in perfect self-honesty, the answer to each of those questions can only be, “Yes.” And the honest mind looks upon all that has arisen within it without judgment. For there can be no honesty while there is judgment.