The Universe Project
The ground of all being, prior to time and mind, is
inherently free from ego or any notion of a separate self. That
is why it was traditionally the source of enlightenment. But in
a post-traditional evolutionary context, it is the Authentic
Self that is the source of enlightenment. The authentic self,
which is the evolutionary impulse, is also
already free from ego. It is inherently free from fear
and self-concern, because it is not an individual. It's a force
of nature, a function in consciousness that is wild and fearless
and utterly one-pointed, because that God-impulse or creative
impulse is on a mission. So when you, the
evolving human being, awaken to that powerful impulse, God's
mission becomes your mission. When a human being is
flooded with the passion of that evolutionary energy and
intelligence, he or she is spontaneously liberated from fear and
self-concern, because now his or her attention is focused only
on the power and the purpose of that creative principle. What is
God's purpose? To create the universe, in his or her own image.
And what is that image? Consciousness. To create a
material universe in the image of God, as outrageous as it
sounds, would have to mean nothing less than the enlightenment
of all manifestation. That seemingly impossible task is what I
call the Universe Project.
Andrew Cohen
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