You are that Light...

An essential part of the awakening is the recognition of the unawakened you, the ego as it thinks, speaks, and acts, as well as the recognition of the collectively conditioned mental processes that perpetuate the unawakened state.

That's why I write about the main aspects of the ego and how they operate in the individual as well as in the collective. This is important for two related reasons:

The first is that unless you know the basic mechanics behind the workings of the ego, you won't recognize it, and it will trick you into identifying with it again and again. This means it takes you over, an imposter pretending to be you.

The second reason is that the act of recognition itself is one of the ways in which awakening happens. When you recognize the unconsciousness in you, that which makes the recognition possible 'is' the arising consciousness, 'is' awakening.

You cannot fight against the ego and win, just as you cannot fight against darkness. The light of consciousness is all that is necessary.

You are that light.



~ From: A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle www.eckharttolle.com/