| T1:3.3 | The ego-mind sees nothing for what it is. The ego-mind sees not anything but what it wants as gifts and even these it sees not as gifts but as rewards. The ego-mind barters rather than giving and receiving as one, believing in a return only for effort. Because it sees only rewards and not gifts, it cannot see that gifts are shared. Because it cannot see that gifts are shared, it cannot afford to see relationship. Because it believes it is on its own it cannot see the higher order. Because of all of this, it cannot experience the truth and so exists in illusion. |