We Are All Actors on a Stage

Omraam said in "Looking into the Invisible," "Man comes down to earth and undertakes all kinds of activities in order to understand matter, and then, when he returns to the other world, even though he has learned a great deal, he is obliged to recognize that he was not really dealing with reality. We are no more than a dream of the divine being that dwells in each of us; we are asleep and we must wake up. How can we make ourselves wake up? By thinking of our higher self, by concentrating on it and identifying with it. In this way, little by little, our ordinary consciousness will begin to unite with the consciousness of our higher self, our super-consciousness. It is this union that constututes our true awakening"

This illusory physical existence can also be thought of as a morality play. Shakespeare knew this when he wrote, "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages." Yes, we each play many parts, but it's important to realize that they are just roles and that when the play is over and we face the final curtain, we return to real life. Most people really get into their roles and believe that the play, the dream, is reality. They forget who they really are.

Nonetheless, their higher self is observing the performance. The divine part of us remains in heaven while our human self acts out our roles on earth. We're all given a script, but at times, we try to ad lib and go off script. But eventually, the writer/director, our higher self, gets us back on script.

A great actor is not one who totally identifies with his or her character but one who is of one mind with the writer/director and knows exactly what they envisioned. Therefore, enter the mind of your higher self and see yourself through their eyes, through their heart. Only then will your life have meaning. Only then can you look at your life objectively and be free of suffering.

No matter if your life is a tragedy or a comedy, it's all play acting, and like children, after a session of make-believe, we return home to our mother and father and tell them all about our adventures, which seemed so real.