| lighting strikes twice wrote: |
| Who needs a self? Self love (self consciousness ) is the first thing that will upset our completeness of life in God and always produces struggle. Beware of circumstances and others that divide our oneness with God and causes us see ourselves as separate. Nothing is as important to keep right spiritually. |
Just for the record Lighting

what you posted above is real wisdom.
But some folks feel that "we" are God waking up as God. And that "self" gets in the way of that but it is still called "Self Realization". And then there are others of us that feel that "oneness with God" creates a reality where we as the "adopted children of God" can recieve our heritage. But we are not God. And that "self" can be a problem with recieving one's heritage, also. Only God can teach you about God and generally speaking "Self" does get in the way.
Jesus was not teaching "Self Realization" (as some eastern yogis claim

), He was teaching God Realization". And He incouraged others to study as a mystic under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, not under some "Guru".
Anywho Lighting, that is pretty much my world. And over fifty years of study.
Love you!
john