Still, if we actually knew the unbridgeable chasm that lies between the
true nature of consciousness or self and the true nature of the divine,
we would despair of ever making the journey. So consciousness is the
marvelous divine invention by which human beings make the journey in
subjective companionship with the divine; and, like every divine
invention, it works. Consciousness both hides the chasm and bridges it –
and when we have crossed over, of course, we do not need the bridge any
more. So it doesn’t matter that we start out on our journey with our
holy cards, gongs and bells, sacred books and religious feelings. All of
it should lead to growth and transformation, the ultimate surrender of
our images and concepts, and a life of selfless giving. When there is
nothing left to surrender, nothing left to give, only then can we come
to the end of the passage – the ending of consciousness and its
personally subjective God. One glimpse of the Godhead, and no one would
want God back.
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