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A person starts to live when he can live outside himself. – Einstein
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Here is another Einstein quote that again refers to the small self versus the True Self.
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To live in accord with the True Self, the Divine Self, seems like living ‘outside’ the self only to the small self. To the True Self, it feels like freedom from the pettiness of the inane. Though the small self is experienced as, and believed to be, the True Self, it is in actuality a drag on life. Yet this is not really realized until you awaken to the True Self, i.e. become enlightened.
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Interestingly, Einstein here is thinking of the small self as the Self. Or perhaps it is really just his choice of words… semantics. From the perspective of the small self, the True Self lives outside the self. From the perspective of the small self, the small self is what you are.
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From the perspective of the True Self, the small self is a Cosmic Joke… a mirage… just a little dust on the surface of life, remarkably being embraced as the essence of one’s life.
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From one perspective this is so absurd. From another it is so lovely, for without that illusion, the universe would cease to exist as all would simply melt back into Oneness.
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How exquisite that there is a level of life where one can live in relativity without losing the Self to relativity… or as Rama Krishna said, ‘have the boat in the water but no water in the boat.’
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There is a cosmic stream. It is a flow that permeates and overtakes all existence. It is the Krishna value, or quality or aspect or facet of all that is.
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Lose your small self to that. Discover your True Self and become free. This is the highest form of devotion. It is also the destiny of all that is. Your emancipation is just a matter of time. How long will it take is up to you. How long do you choose to cling to limitation?
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As the poet said, ‘“The answer is blowing in the wind.” Yet God calls out to you, “I am here and I will teach you how to fly… how to soar… if, or rather when, you choose to.”
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The path is subtle, yet the door remains wide open.
Beautiful.