Reality Unveiled

by Ziad Masri

Of course, we can also choose the other extreme of the spectrum and put all of our focus and effort toward building our separation consciousness. Our free will permits this. When that happens, we operate under the principles of fear instead of love because instead of knowing that we are one with, and supported by, the entire universe and our Creator, we feel like we are completely separate and alone. And what’s the natural reaction when you feel completely separate and alone? You want to defend yourself. And the best defense is a good offense. So you seek to dominate, manipulate, attack, and control because you think that this will be your fate unless you do it to others first. In The Law of One terms, this path is called the service-to-self path. The loving path, by contrast, is called the service-to-others path. More simply, I call them separation consciousness and unity consciousness, respectively.