Remembrance by Julee Bergstrom

To be awake in the dream is to see that one can only experience oneself. One is no longer subject to the idea that life happens to one. It’s all local to this unit. Although I still see a world full of objects, apparently separate from myself, I know that this is all an internal experience. No experience can be created outside of me. No situation or person can generate any experience within me–there are no situations or people outside of me! And because there also is no “me,” there is really no experience (which would require an experiencer, i.e., a witness). There is just experiencing.

The key is to see that there is only one thing going on. All objects arise in consciousness. There is no me or you, only consciousness experiencing itself. We are each a modulation of consciousness, pretending to experience our tiny piece of the whole. We are the dreamstuff in the mind of God.

The movie image on the screen is never separate from the screen, much like the words you’re reading now are part of a screen. To see their meaning, we must disregard the presence of the screen. And this is precisely what we have done with all of reality. Our focus upon objects has caused us to ignore and forget the greater container. We have become so engaged with the scenery, characters and drama that we have forgotten that we willingly suspended disbelief to enter into this world. We have forgotten who we really are–until we begin to awaken.

We needn’t believe or learn anything to awaken. We simply need to shift our focus from the details to the bigger picture. Then we remember. It’s all happening within me. We may identify more or less strongly with the particular character we have come to label as our self. But that is just a role. We are the one who is aware of the role. We are awareness. We are awake.

Julee Bergstrom is enrolled in The Living Method Continuing Student Program. She lives in the UK.