Godishere

Thanks Phil, sorry I haven't gotten around to replying. I've just been mulling over what you've said these last few days. Obviously I've gone off track somewhere and it does make sense to me where I've mislead myself with spiritual ego, so to speak. Just to clarify, the one who claims to 'know the truth' is by definition the separate self? So literally everything including thoughts about what is occuring and has occurred are appearances which should be let go of? And I presume you mean by your scientology example, that what is appearing is already perfect, so someone claiming to "teach" has nothing to give you which you aren't already being?

Thanks everyone and @Phil, I read your reply back about three times and I think I got to the bottom of what you're saying, please correct me if I'm wrong. So any thought or appearance that arises is by definition 'not the truth' or finite. Spiritual ego is created when believing any thought about reality or appearance within reality and claiming to "know the truth". Infinity by nature cannot be known as this by definition implies separateness from what is known. A known and knower(two). So any discordant thoughts about "I'm the only one" or "I am God" is the ego/knower/separate self who is believing thoughts about what is unknowable. There is only appearances within what is infinite. Or we could say no matter what appears IS the truth, there is no separation. Only in believing thoughts/appearances that this is me and that/I am separate from everything. In summary, in reality there is only this/now and what appears in the now. Thoughts/emotions are all appearances that are just happening but when they are believed to be 'true' and happening to a separate 'me' which is separate from what is appearing, the suffering is felt. The one that claims to "know the truth" is the ego which doesn't actually exist because there is no separation. Am I confused or along the right tracks here?

Hi everyone/Phil. I have come across from the other forum and been just incognito here for awhile.... I have a question for my Self Realized brothers/sisters. Did any of you who are "Self Realized" have a difficult time accepting things as they actually are after enlightenment? Reality is one, as you may have discovered and with that comes difficult truths that are quite frightening for me, almost impossible to accept. And of course I'm talking about the imaginary "separation". Even now, it's like I'm searching for external advice but there is no such thing. "Hey God, how do I accept that I am God, God?