Do you really grok that the world is a dream? But who is the Dreamer? Are you not both? But since the dream is only the mind of the Dreamer, are not the two really one? And when the Dreamer stops dreaming, What abides?

The ego projects and is itself a projection of a fictional character in a cosmic Theodrama. The soul as actor must awaken to the Word of the Director in order to play accurately its role as metaphor of the Real.

If you wholeheartedly yearn for God, or Self, or Infinite Consciousness—and have no other conflicting desires—then the path is easy and effortless. Simply attune to the Source of Presence.

The ego fears losing its accumulated baggage of delusions, mainly a self-image that continues living in a non-existent past—that acts as a blindfold preventing one from seeing truly the present. The question comes down to one’s willingness to see with new eyes.

Self-decapitation is the first step on the path. But chopping off the ego mind, though necessary, is not sufficient. If you stop there, you may be lost in emptiness. By adoring Para Shakti, the World Mother, the Mind underlying all appearance, you will be recapitated with a divine intelligence. Then you will be free from the phenomenal plane, recognizing it as a mirror image of your dreaming mind.

The power of divine love brings such joy and light that the ego mind is automatically silenced and dissolved. The wisdom of the God-Self replaces the chatter of the unreal self-image. Real Love is infinite and unconditional. The body that emanates such love is so filled with prana that the organism cannot stay contracted or in suffering.

The power to overcome the entropic fragmenting and psychopathic decomposition of the ego complex that may be the operating system determining your subjective experience is not in your control. Therefore, the intervention of grace by an act of the higher intelligence to whom I owe my existence is necessary. But I must activate that power of gracious redemption from my hell realm. And that will require a genuine surrender.

Once language is installed in our mind, and we identify with a body image via the name it has been given, consciousness finds itself detoured into an unreal plane of representation. From then on, an endless stream of mental chatter carries off the attention into memories, fantasies, reveries, and various sorts of delusional orientations, confusing projections with reality, and living through a fictional character, without noticing our alienation from the Real. Clear discernment and dispassion are necessary to extricate our awareness from the inauthentic self. This is the first obstacle that must be overcome on the spiritual journey.

Good and evil are the children of a divorced couple. Once Truth and Beauty were in blissful marital union, but the relationship turned sour. Truth left Her for Power. She became ugly. He lived a lie. Their kids are now fighting. Our world is the consequence. Neither Truth nor Beauty is happy. The good news is that they are now working with a couples counselor.

We are to learn from every event—so there is no such thing as a mistake. But yogis especially must learn constantly from the Inner Source, as well as from karma, dreams, physical symptoms, synchronicities, books and digital media—we must learn to stay accurately in line with the Dao, with the will of God, with the call of the Heart. At this moment, negative events are happening for everyone nearly all the time. Dark forces are dominant (even in our own egos), but even the shadow powers are feeling the effects of the law of karma. They, too, exist to motivate us to return to God-consciousness. We must graciously accept our karma with detachment and faith, and keep aligned with divine love and forgiveness. All is perfect.