Since the egoic self can only live in the cause-and-effect world of karma, every thought or action can be traced back to some conditioned cause; indeed, there is no freedom visible there (who is there to be free?) And if my ego is the only thing I see, then I can only ask my ego to control my mind (and off to meditation swamp I go!) Only when my egoic self then surrenders to the infinite Love and Truth that has always been (which then is no longer outside), then there is freedom for the larger awareness that thought it was only this ego.
On Sep 5, 2022 Ted wrote :