If we take the negative for a two-dimensional picture, cut one corner off it and send a beam of light through that small piece, what we see  projected on the screen is just that one corner of the picture. In contrast, if we direct our laser beam through a similar-sized corner of the holographic film (the negative), what we see projected in three-dimensional space is still the complete picture. In other words the whole is in every one of the parts. Or in relation to ourselves, all of creation to the farthest reaches of space lies within us, within each and every cell in our body
Accepting this principle as fact gives us a wonderful opportunity to expand our sense of who we really are. We can look at the vast ocean, the towering mountain, a beautiful rainbow and remind ourselves, “I am looking at myself. That’s how magnificent I am, how beautiful I am. I am not limited to this body, I am everything.” As the great American naturalist Henry Thoreau once wrote, ‘We are nature’s way of looking at itself.’
I’ll share with you one of my early affirmations that I must have repeated 100,000 times over the past 15 years. I still love it so much. It goes like this: |
I assert my Godhead.
I throw the little self far into the utter oblivion
As if it had never existed.
When the bubble bursts it knew itself to be the entire ocean.
I am the Whole, the Infinite, the All. |
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If these words resonate with something deep inside, you can use them to grow in your self-esteem. Imagine being the bubble of water on the surface of the ocean, then bursting and realising that you can now only identify as being one with all of the ocean. No boundaries, limitless in expanse, endless depth. Then go on to imagine being the Whole – that is, the Whole expanse of all of the Universes and the microscopic world as well.. Then imagine being the Infinite, expanding in every possible direction to infinity. Then allow yourself to imagine being All – that is, imagine being every grain of sand, every tree, animal, star, atom, microbe, planet, every single thing everywhere.
This is not mere fantasy like Walter Mitty pretending that we are leading a mighty army or being Superman. It is using the imagination to open the mind to the truth about ourselves.
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