Page 12 - Pearls of Perception (eBook)

You cannot mess with the Truth itself, you can only alter the percep-
tion of Truth.

And that is precisely what the false identity is doing. By “false identi-
ty” I mean everything that is keeping one from seeing Reality in the
present moment. To get a better sense of what that is exactly, we
can take a look at other names that have been attributed to it, names
like: “mind”, “ego”, “illusion”, “maya” etc. What the false identity
does is, it uses a fabricated sense of “I am”, called “me”, fabricated
sense that is used to cover the original “I am”. For this covering to
work, one perceptionis deceived into believing that “me” is the ref-
erential point of one’s existence. That alone would not have enough
strength to maintain the cover-up, so out of this need, the movement
of the mind was born. And here I don’t mean intellect, which is dif-
ferent from mind. By “mind” I refer to the totality of unnecessary
thoughts, feelings and emotions that entertain and sustain the cover.
These elements cannot thrive elsewhere but in the shadow of this
cover. If they are to be exposed to the light of Truth, they would
cease instantly, leaving behind the pure, unaltered joy of being.

“Awakening” is no more than the process of exposing this cover, so
that the light of Truth can shine brightly and unhindered.