Man in Gods Image

"So God created man,

in his own image,

in the image of god,

he created him,

male and female he created him"

(Genesis 1.27)

Like the sun which can be reflected in many lakes and appear as millions of reflections around the earth but the sun is always One. Likewise the one absolute spirit which for namesake can be called god appears in its infinite reflections as humans, animals, nature, planets and space. However, these mere images have no separate reality and just appear separate because the nature of manifestation is duality.

If we superimpose the idea or separateness or we realise we are one with god, we still remain as god in essence eternally in forgetfulness or remembrance. It is just a play of memory. Man searches for god because he is confined to his intellect which differentiates and creates a separate world of "I" and other. Letting this go, man realizes he himself is god which permeates itself eternally. Otherwise mans dilemma is like a fish thinking it is thirst and searching for water whilst it is in and permeated by water. Likewise, man thinks what is the nature of god and desire god outwardly whilst he is permeated by God with no distinction of Inside or out..

The sense of separateness and distinction of other is the only obstacle in seeing the reality and essence of oneself in this very moment! Let the remembrance of oneself marinate in oneself, drinking the juice of what oneself is, remain as eternal presence.

Recognizing our true self to Letting go as the Self

I feel letting go in faith can only occur when we realize ourselves beyond our identification with thought, emotions and the root cause of disillusion of being a separate individual. Once we experience we are the one who SEEs the play of change in this world and the inner world of thoughts and emotions but we are not limited to this, we come to recognize ourselves as the space in which all thoughts, emotions occur in. They appear for some time and then disappear , just like the space in a room, objects may appear in the room and then be removed but the space in the room remains. If we knock the walls of the room down, the space in the room is one with the space outside. In truth there is no inside or outside space, the space was always one even when appearing to be separate. This is like how the essence of what we are is the same as the essence of everything, separation is an illusion and a superimposition of the mind. Letting go in the realization that we are ONE, not as an intellectual knowledge but as an intuitional feeling, is leaping into faith of ones undoubtable experience of oneself.
How can we reach this stage? how can we plan to reach this stage in our disillusioned state?? a longing, an intensity to dissolve into what is beyond our intellectual understanding has to take place. This will take us to insights, practising techniques, all to purify our sensitivity to our bodies and minds so we can see the true nature of what we call ourselves. Seeing what IS, what we Truly are, Knowing this, We automatically surrender and let go in the seeing of THIS!