There are two shades of reality: the Maya and one, Ultimate Reality.

Re: ESOTERICA: The Higher Principles There are two shades of reality: the Maya and one, Ultimate Reality. Quote: Quote: 1. Your (a) perceptions, (b) feelings, (c) opinions; 2. same of others; 3. actual reality, which is not subjected to opinions or vote. Our task is to be aware of the first two but live in the third and ultimate REALITY. (the apex of the pyramid) What blocks it? Ego. Ego is tied up to instincts and triggers Quote: (a) emotions, (b) desires, and (d) cold side of intelligence, which absent Quote: (A) warmth and (B) awareness Quote: i. heart and ii. spirit, becomes destructive to others and may be -us too. The goal is to get beyond EGO becoming aware of the fact that our thinking is not our True Self but a limited part of it. Realize that you can Quote: (a) question yourself, (b) your true motives, and (c) look at yourself as if from a distance. That remote viewing of your Earthly self is a gift and key to Enlightenment. When you are able to rise to the level of recognizing your limitations and faults, your TRUE SELF -your Higher Self: a projection of your spirit would be able to project onto you, then, -the REALITY. Quote: Ego blocks it because it is too busy with what it wants. But you are not your ego and Quote: why be enslaved by what is not you but a small part of you and, mostly, confused? When you are able to Quote: separate your ego from yourself, you would begin comprehending the REALITY instantly, while it only takes time for your brain to process the incoming data, which you would be receiving. (like a radio-tuner tuned to compatible frequencies) Ego wants to dwell in the past and calculate the future, while its perception of reality is stained with its agenda and inclinations. Your Higher Self wants to be in the moment -in HERE and NOW, as it can tap into all the Archives of the Universe (its data bank) by its inclinations of the Higher Inspiration. Quote: Ego is selfish; Quote: the Higher Self is virtuous and principled. What you choose in life is your business: opinions and limited perception of your EGO -(a) the lower level of existence or (b) your Higher Self? All I can add is a simple fact that Quote: the Higher you rise, the more you can see, getting wide and far reaching overview! The Higher -the better, all the way to... Amen! __________________ .