09-16-2012, 11:39 PM
I think the key thing of importance is to realize that our individuated personality -- our ego -- is merely a portion or facet of the creator. It is merely a lens the creator is looking at the world through. In truth, there are no individuated egos, as this is the illusion. Separation cannot actually be true, only unity can. Therefore, it is the solipsism that is to be avoided, as it is a negative concept which exalts the ego.
Even the definition of solipsism needs clarification which essentially is: the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist. In a certain sense, the self *IS* all that can be known to exist, but which self are we talking about? The self that is the creator is the macrocosmic Self, not the microcosmic reflection we identify as our personalities.
So, in summary if you say you are the creator, the correctness of that statement is variable and dependent on your understanding of the illusory nature of all separation. For all is one, and there is a "whole in every part" nature to the creation. One must understand that though they are the creator, they are no more creator than anyone or anything else.
Even the definition of solipsism needs clarification which essentially is: the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist. In a certain sense, the self *IS* all that can be known to exist, but which self are we talking about? The self that is the creator is the macrocosmic Self, not the microcosmic reflection we identify as our personalities.
So, in summary if you say you are the creator, the correctness of that statement is variable and dependent on your understanding of the illusory nature of all separation. For all is one, and there is a "whole in every part" nature to the creation. One must understand that though they are the creator, they are no more creator than anyone or anything else.