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James:

‘An hallucination is a strictly sensational form

of consciousness, as good and true a sensation

as if as if there were a real object there. The

object happens not to be there, that is all.’

The fact is, that at any given moment in time,

we don’t see the world as it is – we see it as we

are. You don’t need to believe it – you already

know it! You came into this world equipped by

nature with the innate ability to express yourself

fully as a mature human being. Your true self –

the instinctive human wisdom that lives deep

within you – is pure awareness, the ultimate

Self with a capital S. The way to regain your

authenticity is by realising that what you

imagine as being ‘you’ - that which makes you

regard yourself as special – is not something

you have the power to wilfully manipulate but

is simply the random result of the interaction

between the environment in which you

presently find yourself and your physical and