The illusion of the world is based on a fundamental error: the belief in separation. This idea shapes all our experiences, our judgments, and our suffering. We struggle with stories of rejection, betrayal, and abandonment, yet all of this merely replays an old script—an endless attempt to prove that separation is real.
But is it really so?
The Illusion of the Other
For some time now, I have been observing how the mind builds its defenses. A deep urge to protect something within the small self, to preserve an intimacy, a space I still believe is mine. Yet, life constantly brings me back to the same scenes—those where this intimacy seems violated, where I feel betrayed, where what I thought was sacred is exposed.
But if I cling to this story, isn’t it proof that I still believe in this small self? That I give it life by choosing to defend my story?
In this dance, the ego clings to its narratives. It reinforces them, giving them weight and substance. It creates boundaries: there is “me” and “the other.” We justify the need to separate. Like the tree that sheds its leaves in autumn, we say we must “let go,” “cut ties,” “walk away.”
But what is the true intention behind these separations?
Can we speak of oneness if, in our minds, there is still an “other”? If we select, exclude, and create closed circles?
A Course in Miracles reminds us of a fundamental truth:
“You think with the Mind of God. Therefore, you share your thoughts with Him, as He shares His Thoughts with you.” (Lesson 45)
If our thoughts are shared with God, then only thoughts of love are real. The others—those born of fear, separation, and defense—belong to the ego. They are not our true thoughts.
But if I defend my story, I defend my small self. I make it real. I reinforce the illusion of separation.
So, I observe…
I observe the places where I still seek to cut off, to escape, to protect myself.
I observe how, in those moments, a part of me still believes the solution lies there—in avoidance, in distancing, in breaking away.
And I see the illusion playing out again and again.
I think escaping will give me peace, but what am I really doing? I am reinforcing the belief that there is a “me” and an “other.” That the enemy is outside. That something or someone must disappear for me to finally be free, at peace.
But where is true liberation if what I reject “outside” continues to exist within me?
So, is it really a solution? Or is it just a way to delay the inevitable—the face-to-face encounter with myself?
Choosing Separation or Love
Every scenario we experience is either love or a call for love. It cannot be otherwise. But the real question is:
Will we choose separation once again, or will we finally respond with love?
“There is no road that anyone can walk alone, and he who walks alone goes nowhere. There is no one who is not your brother, and you cannot leave without him.” (T-31.II.5) A Course in Miracles
Every person who seems to stand before us is a part of ourselves we have not yet recognized. As long as we believe we can “leave behind” relationships, stories, or experiences, they will return in another form, carrying the same message, until we choose healing.
We believe we find peace by escaping, by walking away, by creating emptiness. But peace is not found in exile. It is not found in forgetting or in the illusion of renewal through separation.
Peace is an inner choice, a shift in perception.
And it is in this shift that the illusion of the other fades away, that the false idea of a hostile world disappears. This world is merely a mirror of the mind that perceives it.
When we understand this, we no longer need to protect our thoughts, nor to build walls. Love needs no defenses.
So, what do we choose today? Fear or love? Separation or unity?
The answer is always here, in the present moment.
And What If This Was Karma?
We often see karma as a debt to be paid, an inevitable consequence of past actions, a force that brings us back to the same lessons, sometimes with a sense of fatality.
But what if we changed our perspective?
What if karma was nothing more than a renewed opportunity? A call to choose love in every moment, rather than separation?
If every person we meet, every relationship we believe is over, every situation that repeats itself in another form is not a punishment, but an invitation to our own liberation?
Karma would no longer be a chain that binds us, but an open gateway to a choice—the choice to see differently.
In every encounter, we are invited to recognize the other as ourselves. To see beyond appearances, beyond old stories, and to choose love instead of repeating the same fear-based scenarios.
If we persist in running away, the same faces will return—or others, playing the same roles.
Not because we are meant to suffer, but because we are given the opportunity to heal what we have not yet looked at with love.
So, instead of perceiving karma as fate, what if we recognized it for what it truly is?
An invitation to love.
Perhaps karma is not a burden to carry, but a gentle reminder:
You still have a choice. Here, now. What do you choose?
“The Other Is Yourself” – Nisargadatta Maharaj
“You see yourself as a separate individual, and that is why you see others as separate from you. As long as you believe you are a distinct person, the world will be populated by ‘others.’ But when you see that you are not this body, not this mind, not this personal story, then separation disappears.
The other is not an obstacle on your path, nor someone to change or run away from. The other is your own reflection, a manifestation of the same one consciousness expressed in another form. What you see in them is nothing but what you carry within yourself. Reject the other, and you reject yourself.
The mind judges, compares, and projects conflicts where none exist. But in truth, there is neither ‘me’ nor ‘the other.’ There is only Being, beyond forms and appearances. See this, and all resistance dissolves.
Do not seek peace by cutting yourself off from the world or by trying to correct others. See what is already there: a perfect unity, always present, beyond the mind. When you recognize this, fear and rejection disappear on their own, and only love remains.”
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