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As I view this apparent world, which is all my Self, there is nothing left to be done. All that needs to be done is being done.
The planets circle around the sun, the stars move through the galaxies, and all the apparent diversity of life is perfectly orchestrated and guided in every moment.
There is nothing that "I" need to do. It's all taken care of. What freedom!
I have no responsibility to make sure everything is OK. Making sure that everything is OK is automatically built into my nature. It is built into every particle of every aspect of every moment of life.
If I have no responsibility for the maintenance and management of this apparent world, then what is left for me? What is there to motivate action?
Joy. To experience more joy is the only reason to act.
When I am lost in the illusion of separation, I create a mental entanglement that convinces me my happiness depends on getting more for "me." But because this mental illusion is rooted in the unreal, my pursuit of more brings me less and less joy. The more this separated "I" pursues joy through acquisition, the more miserable "I" become and "I" have no choice but to look deeper for what will bring joy.
In unity, I may experience "happiness" coming and going, but there is never any lack of joy. My joy is rooted in the happiness and fulfillment of every aspect of creation. When there is a win, a success, an insight, in any part of "my" world, it is my joy—for it is my win, my success, my insight.
I am relieved of the need to accomplish anything because it is all being accomplished perfectly. I am relieved of guilt and struggle and strain. "My" actions become driven by what I love, for when "I" feel connected to what I love, then I experience joy.
So, instead of responsibility, I have opportunity. I have the opportunity to love. The more I love, the more joy I experience. Is it any surprise that my love expands to encompass every single part of this apparent world? With infinite love comes infinite joy.
The magnificence of this apparent creation is in evidence once again. As each "me" in this universe pursues what they love, is driven by their "passions", their apparently individual joy increases, and the joy that comes from the interconnection of all these loves increases as well.
Love and joy are inseparably interconnected.
All that remains for me to do is to love. The more I love, the more joy I experience. This means that if "I" have any responsibility at all, it is to discover anything that "I" don't love, and find a way to love it.
Which inevitably brings me back to the experience of unity.
"I" can only fail to love someone or something when I am rooted in separation. The inability to love only exists in the mental world of "good" and "bad", "lovable" and "unlovable", "noble" and "detestable", "pure" and "impure." In such a world there are things that "I" love, and things which "I" can never love.
Of course, this is the imaginary world of mental constructs. In the experience of unity, all that the mind judges as "bad" has the purpose of bringing "me" back to my Self. It creates contraction which forces "me" to go within and gain more clarity. Since the experience of my Self is the experience of pure bliss, pure love, pure joy, what a tremendous gift the "bad," the "unlovable," the "detestable," and the "impure" are.
From this perspective how can "I" do anything, but love and adore these gifts when they come into my life? And in that love, I experience joy.
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