What is not impossible, however, is the illusion of not being One with everything, It was for
the purpose of creating this illusion, then, that the Realm of the Relative was created. It is like
an Alice-in-Wonderland world, in which things are not what they seem to be, and in which
things seem to be what they are not.
Your ego is your chief tool in creating this illusion. It is that device which allows you to
imagine your Self as separate from All the Rest of You. It is the part of you that thinks of you
as being an individual.
You are not an individual, yet you must be individualized in order to comprehend and
appreciate the experience of the whole. And so in this sense, it is “good” to have an ego.
Given what you are trying to do, it is “good.”
Yet too much ego is—given what you are trying to do— “not good.” That’s because what you
are trying to do is use the illusion of separateness to better comprehend and appreciate the
experience of Oneness, which is Who You Really Are.
When the ego becomes so enlarged that all you can see is the separate Self, all chance of
experiencing the unified Self is gone, and you are lost. You have literally become lost in the
world of your illusion, and you may remain lost in that illusion for many lifetimes, until you
finally bring your Self out of it, or until somebody else—another soul-pulls you out. This is
what is meant by “giving you back to yourself.” This is what the Christian churches meant by
their concept of a “savior.” The only mistake those churches made was in declaring
themselves and their religions to be the only way to be “saved,” thus reinforcing once again
the illusion of separateness—the very illusion from which they would seek to save you!
So, you ask if it is good to have an ego, and that is a very large question. It all depends on
what you are trying to do.
If you are using the ego as a tool with which to ultimately experience the Only Reality, it is
good. If the ego is using you to stop you from experiencing that reality, then it is not good. To
the degree that it is stopping you from doing what you came here to do, it is “not good.”
Yet you are always at free choice about what you remain here to do. If you find it enjoyable to
not experience your Self as part of the One, you will be given the choice of not having that
experience just now. Only when you’ve had enough of the separateness, enough of the
illusion, enough of the loneliness and the painfulness, will you seek to find your way home,
and then you will find that I will be there—that I have always been there.
All ways.
Whoa. Ask a question, get an answer.
Especially when you’re asking God.
Yes, I see. I mean, it’s not as if You have to stop and think about these things.
No, the answer is right there, on the tip of My tongue. It’s right on the tip of your tongue, too, I
might add.