‘Waking up’ includes the shift from the fiction the ego (self) is real, to the realization it is what ‘we’ get to defend as real in this fantasy called “reality.” If the ego can’t prove we are who we imPERSONate, then the question is, who exists to find that out? In the absence of people, being defended with the imaginary ego, it would have to be our old friend ‘the dreamer’ in this dream. Waking up includes the realization only ‘the dreamer’ in the dream exists to wake up, and only when the dream features that happening in the dream.
If mind is all there is, then right now is the dream mind is dreaming, featuring as “The Main Event” the imaginary ego defending the fiction it is a ‘real person’ in this dream. If mind is all there is, then ‘reality’ provides the setting for the imaginary ego to prolong the fiction it not only exists as a ‘real person,’ but suffering will prove it. If all of this can only be content in this dream mind is dreaming, then mind is dreaming ‘the dreamers’ creating duality as the prerequisite to suffering, since separation from that which is dreaming this dream isn’t possible. The dream features all the ways the imaginary ego creates duality, or the fiction of separation, to use suffering to do PERSONhood believably.
The dreamers, posing as ‘real people’ in this dream, thanks to the imaginary ego, say they hate suffering, but what they aren’t saying is that without the suffering that goes with creating duality, the imaginary ego would have a tough time defending the fiction it belongs to some kind of a person, and more often not, a not okay person whose suffering is sufficient to anchor the assumption ‘a suffering self is a real self.’ As dreamers we say we hate suffering, but the truth is, defending the fiction the imaginary ego is real is our first allegiance.
In the work I do, consciousness features ‘us’ begging for relief from suffering, which reinforces the fiction someone exists to suffer. When I used to be a ‘Psychotherapist,’ I fell for all of this because I didn’t want to know we were all in this mind generated charade together. I thought the client wanted tools and strategies to reduce or eliminate suffering. My amnesia shielded me from the realization that the imaginary ego relies on suffering to prolong the defense of “The Master Lie,” that THIS is real, and not content in a dream, and that all ‘the dreamers’ were the people they portrayed with the imaginary ego.
The dream featured me just as blind as my clients, until it became increasingly clear the best defense for the fiction the imaginary ego is real is suffering. Without that story, not okay self, and skit, mostly derived from “The Victim Parody,” the imaginary ego ran the risk of being exposed as a non entity in a dream. If everything can only be content in this dream, then defending the fiction suffering is proof the imaginary ego is real is “The Main Event” in this dream. This is what ‘the dreamers’ get to do in this dream. If right now is the dream, then the dream clearly reveals how much suffering the dreamers require to maintain the fiction ‘a suffering self is a real self.’ In spite of my amnesia, what came into focus is that the fiction the ego is real relies on the fiction reiterated suffering is sufficient to prove 1) this is not a dream, and 2) ‘a suffering someone is a real someone.’
What was ‘shocking’ to discover was that nothing works better in this dream to reject the fact it is one than suffering. In every case, ‘waking up’ takes place in the dream, aka ‘right now,’ only when the dreamer in the dream accepts the fact it has no intention of giving up its suffering because the fiction the ego belongs to a ‘real person’ depends on the lie suffering will prove that. Since nothing can prove ‘the dreamer’ in the dream is a ‘real person,’ the dreamer has nothing left in its arsenal than reiterated suffering to prolong the fiction suffering will prove the imaginary ego is real because it is suffering.
What keeps the fiction in place the dream is real and not a dream is reiterated suffering, and when you look at all the drama taking place in “reality,” this becomes too clear to dismiss. Reality provides the setting for how ‘the dreamers’ work as a team in the dream to create and sustain the level of suffering necessary to prolong the fiction this is not a dream. In this dream, this is the dreamer’s goal. Because ‘right now’ is the dream mind is dreaming, almost all the dreamers are reluctant to part with their own brand of suffering because the imaginary ego relies on suffering to sustain the fiction it belongs to a person who is a victim.
‘The dreamers’ in this dream rely on suffering to sustain the fiction the imaginary ego belongs to a ‘real person,’ and suffering will prove it (eventually). ‘The dreamers’ can’t part with suffering because without it the imaginary ego would be exposed as part of this mind generated charade called “reality.” Once this comes into focus, trying to get a ‘client’ to reduce or eliminate the suffering it relies on to do PERSONhood convincingly is viewed accurately as comedy. Amnesia shields them from the fact they depend on suffering in this dream to prolong the fiction ‘a suffering someone is a real someone.’
The goal of “The “Recovery Process” is to assist the dreamer in the dream to identify how it defends the fiction suffering will prove the imaginary ego belongs to a ‘real person’ who is a ‘real victim.’ What truth includes is there are no people to work with, and, funnier yet, no people to work with people. This work takes place in the dream and it can only be dreamer to dreamer. One dreamer who is awake works with another dreamer, called “the client,” to reconnect with the truth the dream mind is dreaming is what ‘right now is, and it is featured in the dream creating duality to feign defection from the truth it can only be a dreamer in the dream mind is dreaming, so it can identify how it relies on reiterated suffering to prolong the fiction ‘a suffering someone is a real someone.’
Amnesia successfully keeps truth out of sight and out of mind so ‘the dreamers’ can defend the fiction ‘a suffering self is a real self’ in this dream. The process starts upstream of amnesia to illuminate its function in the dream to sustain the fiction reality is about ‘real people enduring difficult lives.’ Once ‘the dreamer’ can see mind is dreaming “The Whole Show,” it can be enticed into seeing how mind dreams it in the dream defending the imaginary ego with reiterated suffering. Instead of being at the effect of suffering, it begins to see that mind features ‘the dreamers’ creating duality to create the suffering necessary to prolong the fiction reality is a person-based event.
Once ‘the dreamer’ retrieves “The Big Picture,” it is set free to identify how it relies on reiterated suffering in this charade to sustain the fiction the dream is a people-based event. Once truth sets in, ‘the dreamer’ realizes nothing ‘going on’ has, or ever had, anything to do with people, it starts to enjoy the charade mind features it in. There is no one in bondage: bondage is what ‘the dreamer’ reiterates to prolong the fiction it is ‘the not okay person’ it imPERSONate in this dream.
Freedom for ‘the dreamer’ is the realization that nothing ‘going on’ ever involved people, and that only ‘the dreamers’ suffer in the dream in defense of the fiction people exist to suffer. There are no people to do anything, including suffer. When ‘the dreamer’ sees this, suffering is viewed accurately as the trick it relies on in the the dream to defend the fiction reality is a people-based event, and this is the spoof in this charade.
Once a client reconnects with the truth, what comes into focus is that reiterated suffering is redundant over kill because not even that has any chance to revoke the dreamer’s status in this dream. There are no people in a dream, only dreamers featured creating the imaginary ego to drag out the fiction reality is a people-based event, and reiterated suffering works best to sustain that fiction in this dream. Suddenly, ‘the dreamer’ realizes what good is reiterated suffering if it will never prove ‘the dreamer’ is a person? The reluctance to part with suffering lingers on because that’s what ‘the dreamers’ do in this dream, but as time passes in the dream they realize they are in the dream mind is dreaming, relying on ‘reiterated suffering’ to do ‘PERSONhood believably’ in a dream, and their stance in the dream is untenable. This is when some of ‘the dreamers’ begin to make fun of their own suffering skit because it’s clear the dream is always ‘on’ as ‘right now,’ and there is no way to defect from that fact.
There is no one to be not okay, not if the truth is ‘right now’ can only be a mind generated dream. There is no one to suffer, not if ‘right now’ can only be a mind generated dream. Since no dreamer can cancel its status in the dream, the option to wake up is always imminent. Obviously mind includes the option to reconnect with the truth, which is always what ‘right now’ is, exactly.
