Love as a function of Acceptance

[Bring4th_Austin]

Perhaps it would perceive choice in the same way one would perceive a known illusion.

Do you see free will as an illusion, because there is only the One?

I view the separation between myself and the "Creator" as an illusion. If the realization that there is no separation between self and Creator is truly profound, how can that individual's will be other than that of the Creator's? The 3D analog for this being complete removal of distortion, or complete acceptance.

To take the illusion metaphor further.

Say you are presented with this popular optical illusion:


This illusion is presented along with a question: which line is longer, A, B, or neither?

Without knowing that it is an illusion, there is a knee jerk reaction. We do not question our response because we have no clue as to the true nature of the illusion, or even that it is an illusion.

Once you come to the realization that it is an illusion, the choice appears. You question your knee-jerk reaction because you realize that it is an illusion, yet you don't fully realize the true nature of the illusion. You can use tools and knowledge to discern a choice, and make that choice while still not knowing the true nature of the illusion. You truly have choice.

However, once the illusion's true nature is revealed to you, and you understand why this is an illusion, how it is "false," and that it isn't really as it seems, do you still have a choice? Sure, the choice is there...you can pick one or the other, but the true nature of the illusion is revealed to you. The choice is perceived, but there is only one truth. The illusion is gone and the truth from that point on is always available to you, no matter how much you should choose to ignore it.