| D:1.3 | What this means in practical terms is that you let the personal self step back and the true Self step forward. Realize that all of your “concerns” are still for the personal self, a self whom you continue to believe can fail to fulfill or live your mission and your purpose. You “see” this failure occurring through ineptness of speech, through inappropriateness of attire, through lack of physical stamina, through lack of intelligence—through lack, in other words, of abilities of the personal self. As long as you “see” such visions, you “see” the pattern of the personal self going forth much as it did before. You do not “see” the new, the new Self of elevated form or the true Self of divine union. You “see” the separated self still “trying,” still “struggling,” still fumbling along. You do not see the natural grace and order of the universe extending into the realm of the elevated Self, the space of the elevated Self. As long as you see in this way, you keep the personal self in the forefront rather than allowing and aiding the personal self in the stepping back that is required in order for the true Self to step forward. |