Q: I don’t understand how one can realise one’s true self and then find after a while that
somehow the ‘self’ starts to arise again. How can the belief in a separate self remain, even when
you’ve seen it?
Yes. It’s quite simple. It’s because the mind is a habit. The mind has been rehearsing the belief
and feeling of separation for decades. It was educated to think and feel on behalf of a separate
self by our culture. And then, for decades, day in, day out rehearsed being a separate self.
Surprise, surprise, that’s what the mind does. That’s what it has been trained to do. Then, when it
becomes clear to us that what we are is not a separate, limited awareness, the mind doesn’t
overnight just turn around and start serving the true self of awareness. It’s got this momentum running.
— Rupert Spira