The pure light of intelligence
A short note by Barry Long
Intelligence grows from experience: when you've had enough of the pain of a particular experience, you say, 'I've had enough of that.' As you become more intelligent you are less habitual in choosing the way that causes pain and suffering.
You are the intelligence behind the ego guarding the body. You are the intelligence behind the mind and the emotions. And the intelligence that speeds up to where I am talking about is a pure light, the light of consciousness - the God in you. You are far more conscious than you can possibly imagine or know. For consciousness is directing every moment of your life to give you the experience that is necessary so that you will light up the mystery body, the everlasting body, the perfect body of consciousness that is just inside - your 'lights'.
Everything is God being God. The only thing is, all ignorance comes from God not realising ‘I am God.’ So that gets rid of any duality in my teaching; everything is God being God but God does not realise I am God - until God does.
That is what human intelligence is for, what divine intelligence is for: to realise - reflect on something, to get the message back - 'I am this!' That is what every one of you is doing here. And that is the point of existence. It has to be done here. Nothing is ever done after you are dead.
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