When we forget about bolstering the overly materialistic "I" that is in perpetual want of things it feels that are external to it, and surrender our thoughts, body, actions, sensations, and intuition to the One underlying Reality, we lessen our more materialistic, limit-aware, dualistic ego-base and strengthen the capacity for us to be in fuller awareness of who we are, as part of Divine interconnected consciousness; as so intimately one with Bliss.

There is great benefit in surrendering to Divine Consciousness as compared with surrendering to our material/ego/illusory natures. From a position of such surrender, we are posed to gain a reality that is beautiful, grand, and Truthful. From here, we can begin to shape our world in an intelligent manner. We can know the truth about the ego. We can being to know our innermost nature; our higher Self. We can come to know how the ego immersed in maya differs from the Self...We can begin to know who we really are, as compared with who we thought we were. We can being to see the leela; the play; the game; the sport and importantly, we can begin to deeply understand the layers of meaning and magnificent knowledge present within the smallest of the smallest up to the grandest scriptures. We can begin to experience freedom from our fears. We can know genuine freedom — in the spirit of love, peace, truth, and brilliant awareness. Guided by the light of reality and not by transient appearance, we can begin to truly know, celebrate, revere, and live a life in celebration of our very deep interconnected nature. We can know no death; we can know Blissful reunion; we can know Eternal Life. From here — form this place of understanding and deep wisdom — everything changes. That is, from here, our understanding of everything changes. From here, we can begin wonderful work for all creatures. From here, we are not likely to create for each other, but rather, we are apt to seek to create with each other.

In thought, the lover of Divine is everywhere present. He or she is "no longer a little being wrapped in a little body." Rather, he or she is a "bodiless, omnipresent intelligence and consciousness." The lover of the Divine soon makes him or herself universal; cosmic. The ego becomes weaker, and the purity of the lover of the Divine increases. When his or her purity is great, he or she suddenly experiences himself or herself in all. There is no difference between the lover of the Divine and any other living being (Swami Omkarananda, "Man without Ego is God").

The ego is the greatest enemy of spiritual life. The lover of the Divine "conquers and transforms the ego" such that is it not a wall that separates him or herself from God. The illusory wall shatters, and the lover of the Divine grows “universal, cosmic and divine." The lover of the Divine experiences him or herself in all creations. In everything and everyone such a lover experiences the Soul of their soul. Such lovers identify themselves with all — and then this identification also, is transcended (Swami Omkarananda, “Man without Ego is God”).

Through effort, we can come face to face with — that is, we can experience — the Divine Essence that pervades everything, and see how we have shaped our past. We can know co-creation, creation, Bliss, our relationship with all, the cosmos, sublime peace, and sublime love. We can come to explore how thoughts can become things, and we can come to see how we are part of a divine stream; a divine ebb and flow of Consciousness. We can come to know healing. We can come to all manner of experiences. We can come to experience that if we change habitual thinking patterns, our life improves. We can come to experience that if we ease our body just a bit, even the sky seems just a little brighter; miracles can manifest. We can know communication without words, regardless of distance. Distance, time, and space can all dissolve. We can come to experience a Cosmic Body. We can come to see our greatness; our sublime interconnections. We can see that we are all One. We can see, know, and experience the Essence of ourselves, everywhere. We can lead lives overflowing in abundance of all kinds. We can know peace. We can know love. We can know fulfillment. We can know contentment. We can know joy.

Hence, forget about forgetting to seek your Inner Essence. Forget about forgetting to know God. Forget your worries; forget the worries of the ego. Seek remembrance with wisdom. Explore a bit, keep and open mind and love, and then simply...Well, just begin an authentic quest — one with a deep desire to know the truth about God — and see what happens.

Anything is possible through prayer.
Anything is possible through union with God.

Anything is possible through union with the Cosmos.
Anything is possible through union with the Life Force.

Anything is possible through union with Cosmic Consciousness.
Anything is possible with knowledge of the Self.

Anything is possible through union with the Beloved.
Anything is possible, in Love.

 
Eppi Sukhu, MHSc.

References:

Sri Swami Chidananda, "Life is One". September 2006 discourse. Divine Life Society.

Swami Omkarananda, "Man Without Ego is God."