An Infinite Initiative ( An Excerpt from Take Me To Truth: Undoing the Ego)

Take Me To Truth: Undoing the Ego
Chapter One:
An Infinite Initiative

WHAT IS THAT ELUSIVE something that we are always seeking but somehow never find? Is it happiness? Well, no, not really. If we think about it, much of what has brought us happiness in the past has also caused us pain through its loss or change. And whatever is making us happy is continually under threat of possible loss or change. So, what do you think will make you happy? Forever?

What could bring us permanent happiness that would not also be susceptible to loss, destruction or change and then cause us pain or suffering? Money? Relationship and romance? Children? Family? Friends? A home? A career? Status? A cause? Our values? Our beliefs? Our opinions? Acknowledgement? Or approval?
All of these can cause us pain and suffering; yet we blindly pursue them in our quest for lasting happiness. The truth is that whatever brings us happiness, sooner or later causes us pain this is a universal fact of life.

If happiness, once acknowledged as also the cause of pain, is recognized as the fickle and fragile quality that it is, then why do we exist? What is this elusive something that we desperately seek, yet never find? What is that emptiness that can still be felt even after achieving a goal? What is that haunting feeling of incompleteness trying to tell us?

It is in all of us, all the time; however, we keep ourselves so distracted, so occupied by life that we hardly dare tune in to it and listen deeply or intently to its call. It usually presents itself at different times of our life, beckoning us to question ourselves, our values and our lives. Unfortunately, the most frequent time we decide to confront it is when we are faced with extreme pain or suffering. Crisis tends to make us stop long enough to question life and its meaning.

The question is, "What do we yearn for so deeply?" And the answer doesn't come in the form we may expect. The answer is, "We yearn deeply for an infinite, absolute communion with Love itself." The experience we seek that will ultimately satiate all our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual hunger is and always will be, to know ourselves as whole, integrated Infinite Beings. We cannot ever know real safety, real peace, real security, real love, or real joy until we acknowledge and willingly initiate this journey to wholeness.

We want freedom from chaos, from fear, insecurity, and confusion. We want liberation from scarcity, limitation, and mediocrity. However, the fact remains that we will never be free from chaos and fully commune with Love itself until we identify the one and only cause of all our suffering and separation.

The seat of all chaos lies within our false and separated self, which is the individual and collective cause of all suffering in the world we perceive. There are no exceptions. We, in our natural Infinite State, are whole and connected to the Creator, God, or as we will be using in this book, the Source. This is the nature of our Unified Self which, although often hidden from our view, is the Self who is in eternal communication with the Source.

We have reached a point in evolution where we are called to awaken to the Truth within. This means we need courageously to question who we think we really are. It requires us unflinchingly to examine our ego-self along with all its conditioning, beliefs, and values. Research indicates that there are some 50 million people in the United States today forming a new subculture interested in experiential personal growth and transformation, and in creative problem solving for the making of a better world. These are not 'new agers' or dropouts from society. They are scientists, architects, university professors, novelists, artists, homemakers, physicians and other opinion-makers... [Researchers] speculate that these 'cultural creatives' may be reshaping our larger culture as well. You are the folks, I believe, who are stepping out of old, fragmented ways of being and coming into your true selves.

"We've gone as far as we can in our separatist ways of living ego centered lives. As you can see, we're unconsciously destroying our planet as well as our quality of life. The Self, our true nature, is calling us now to wake up and take responsibility for becoming healthy and whole human beings. We are evolving into our next and greater identity." (6)

We need to learn the identity and nature of the only oppressor in the universe our ego-self. In its recognition and undoing, we will develop a unified sense of self that brings us the immense and unlimited Love, Peace, and Joy that we so deeply yearn to experience.

This Undoing is an Infinite initiative whose time has come. We have evolved to a point where we cannot afford to languish in ignorance any longer. It is unsustainable for us, our planet, and future generations. Undoing is literally the process of removing our existing blocks to the awareness of Love's presence.

Undoing simply means unlearning. It is the unlearning of any conditioning, beliefs or values that have, until now, distorted our perception of Love's presence. It is the greatest and noblest of all journeys, leading us deeper through the Stages of the Development of Trust.

Our purpose now is to integrate life on earth with our Unified identity. There is nothing to overcome and everything to surrender to. When we recognize Unified Will and voluntarily surrender our resistance to it, we will find that It only wants for us what we have always searched for but could never until now receive.

We are living in an exceptionally opportune time. A shift has recently occurred which has brought in a hig her order of consciousness. Many people may identify this higher order as being the Christ Consciousness returning as the "second coming." While this time Infinite Wisdom is not confined to One Being, it is now available to all who resonate with its calling.

This new consciousness is about the discovery of Truth. The Truth reveals that we are all Infinite fragments of the same cosmic mirror that exploded eons ago. In that one act, we forgot who we were and the very reason for our existence. Our mission now is to recall individually and collectively, our original pristine essence as Infinite shards of the one sacred mirror.

The Undoing calls for us to join in dismantling all the illusions that have been responsible for trapping us in a world of chaos, limitation and mediocrity. Embracing Trust is the essence that liberates us from the stranglehold of our ego-self. We learn of the immeasurable security gained by accepting the unknown. The level of freedom and joy you experience depends on how ready and willing you are to trust the mysterious and powerful process of Undoing the ego.

© 2007 Nouk Sanchez and Tomas Vieira, All Rights Reserved
References, Chapter 1:
(6) Small, Jacqueline The Sacred Purpose of Being Human, Introduction 26-27.

Australian authors Nouk Sanchez and Tomas Vieira are presenting a National "Undoing the Ego" workshop tour, Sept–Dec 2007. For cities and dates visit: www.takemetotruth.com.



ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Australians, Nouk Sanchez and Tomas Vieira are the authors of Take Me to Truth, Undoing the Ego. Initiated by A Course in Miracles, their seventeen year Awakening journey led to the almost total deconstruction of their lives and belief systems before emerging from the process together. The result is this profoundly practical guide that clearly defines the blocks and the stages involved in Spiritual Awakening. Visit: www.takemetotruthcom