HAVING DOES IT Professing faith, professing all these things does not do it. Having them does it. The fact that she has troubles is proof that she does not have the conviction of God because God is All, God is Perfect; and if God is All and God is Perfect, everything must be perfect, and that leaves no place for imperfection or troubles.If you take that attitude, so be it! It is the feeling that I am not the doer and that I let go and let it happen. How can we tell when we’re being the ego? When there’s no effort, there’s no ego. The more the effort, the more the ego. So, when the effort is extreme, you have to more or less go the other way anyway. The more the effort, the greater the ego. However, you are going to use effort until you are fully realized. Now, there will be times when you will use no effort and everything will fall perfectly into line for you; at these times you will be your Self.Of course, some people are afraid that this type of thing makes you indolent. But, indolence is an action, a negative action. It is the act of holding oneself from moving. THE ACTION-LESS STATE To achieve the actionless state, you begin by letting go of your ego more and more. You do this because under present conditions, you cannot do it totally. If you could, you would be fully realized. But if you keep letting go of the ego, you will eventually drop it, and then you will be the witness rather than the doer. Does this make sense? Be not the doer. Let it happen. It’s God’s world, whatever is happening, let Him do it! Still the question arises, “How do we get rid of problems?” First, you must realize that the moment you say, “I have a problem,” you are stuck; you are making it real! You cannot get rid of the problem, because you are making it real. You have got it. This does not mean that when you have problems you should say, “There is no problem at all,” and the problem will vanish. If you say, “There is no problem,” they won’t vanish because you’re saying, “There is no problem.” You are mentally holding the problem in mind and therefore sustaining it. Instead, you must erase the problem from your mind. Let it go. Know that everything is perfect; then the problem becomes necessarily non-existent. You see, life can be totally effortless. There is no effort in life whatsoever when we are being our natural Self. But we’re trying to be a limited ego and that takes effort. It takes effort to be limited when your natural state is unlimited. The more you try to be limited, the more effort it takes. To be your unlimited Self takes no effort, just like the woman I talked about earlier. When she gets to the extreme, she lets go and everything straightens out — with no effort. When she tries and tries, things get worse and worse. But when she gives up and lets go, things resolve. Still people ask, “Doesn’t she have to go out and look for a job? Doesn’t she have to go to an agent? She can’t just sit down and wait.”And I say all she has to do is to let go and let God. Then, even if she has locked herself in a chamber somewhere, the things would have come to her. LETTING GO OF DOER-SHIP You do not sit down and wait — you do not do anything. Just let go of the sense of doership. You just know that everything is perfect and then the slightest thought you have will come into being quickly. There’s no limitation on God, on the Self. Whatever you think will come into being if you let go, because you are invoking your infinite power, God, your Self. Nothing can stop it! You do not have to struggle to get some action. In fact, it’s just the opposite. Lock yourself in a chamber and pad-lock it and if you will do what I am saying, you will find that what you want will be effected. It has to be. Nothing can stop it! Omnipotence is invoked! If this is true, then what is prayer for? What does praying mean? Praying is for those who need praying. When you know what you know — to whom are you praying? If you are That, why do you have to pray to It? Praying admits duality. “I” pray to “God.” Instead, maintain your Oneness! However, when one does pray, it is best to pray for one thing only. Pray for more wisdom, so that you eliminate all need for any prayer, for any asking. Most people in the world today need to pray. But prayer admits duality; God is out there. And we should know that God is within. Even though Jesus said, “The Kingdom of God is within,” we still look for God without, and He’s not out there —He’s only within. He turns out to be our very own Beingness. The “I” of us, with nothing added to it, is the God we seek. When you say “I am something” that isn’t It, that isn’t God. But just pure “I” and only “I”, — that is God. That is why it is said that God is closer than flesh. It is “I” and how close is “I?” It’s closer than flesh. It is God, your very own Self! 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