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The Psychology of Enlightenment
duality merging into oneness with the universal life-force. Even at the sixth point of meditation and awareness, we still see separation between I and Thou. At the highest level, however, there is no otherness, there is no separation, no subject and object. There is only oneness.
We are familiar with the Biblical expression "Be still and know that I am God." These are not the words of ego, but of the experience of the seventh center. In the stillness, all the waves and ripples of life's surface subside until nothing remains but "I am.” Those who reach this awareness become vessels bearing the divine energy to their fellow beings. They are truly initiated into a new way of life.
Are you aware of how helpful you can be to a divided world once you have fully received the divine energy which is released by your realization of your oneness with the lifeforce? Your help will come from true knowledge, from your inner light. It will come from the experience of “Be still and know that I am God.”
Mankind thirsts for this kind of awareness. Now at the seventh center, you are initiated—by your teacher, by this energy, by your vision, or by your commitment-into a life of sharing this divine energy with those who are in need. Now is the best opportunity to fulfill this mission. You have everything you need: a beautiful body and brain and five senses all intact. All these fine attributes help you receive and share this energy. Just as a millionaire may share his wealth, so you now share yours. Yours is the wealth of your inner life, the wealth of your thinking, and the wealth of your body which is given in service. When you serve mankind out of love from the fullness of your awareness,
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