God likes to play hide-n-seek, but because there is nothing outside of God, he has

no one but himself to play with! But he gets over this difficulty by pretending
that he is not himself. This is his way of hiding from himself. He pretends that he
is you and I and all the people in the world, all the animals, plants, all the
rocks, and all the stars. In this way he has strange and wonderful adventures, some
of which are terrible and frightening. But these are just like bad dreams, for when
he wakes up they will disappear.

Now when God plays "hide" and pretends that he is you and I, he does it so well
that it takes him a long time to remember where and how he hid himself! But that's
the whole fun of it-just what he wanted to do. He doesn't want to find himself too
quickly, for that would spoil the game. That is why it is so difficult for you and
me to find out that we are God in disguise, pretending not to be himself. But- when
the game has gone on long enough, all of us will WAKE UP, stop pretending, and
REMEMBER that we are all one single Self- the God who is all that there is and who
lives forever and ever.
You may ask why God sometimes hides in the form of horrible people, or pretends to
be people who suffer great disease and pain. Remember, first, that he isn't really
doing this to anyone but himself. Remember too, that in almost all the stories you
enjoy there have to be bad people as well as good people, for the thrill of the
tale is to find out how the good people will get the better of the bad. It's the
same as when we play cards. At the beginning of the game we shuffle them all into a
mess, which is like the bad things in the world, but the point of the game put the
mess into good order, and the one who does it best is the winner. Then we shuffle
the cards and play again, and so it goes with the world.

-Alan Watts
from "THE BOOK on the taboo against knowing who You are"

This was his simple way of explaining the ancient Hindu philosophy of Vedanta.
After my mind exploding awakening and REMEMBERING that I am God I can TRULY attest
that it is the truth. I felt as if my normal life was nothing but a game I was
playing to entertain my God self. It was like...OMFG!! I REMEMBER. Total and utter
realization. It was like my normal life was only one thought I was having in my God
life. And if my God self wasn't thinking about my normal self it didn't even exist.
We are all thoughts that our God selves are thinking! When your perception shifts
into "God Mode" it is so unbelievable you almost cry.......Everything EXPANDS and
your house/environment EXPANDS into what it really is! And you feel SO FREAKIN
GOOD. And you say to yourself- "This is how it's SUPPOSED to be ALL THE TIME. You
are still yourself, but you have no fears, doubts, or ego crap bogging you down!
Almost like you peel off a veil of scum you've been wearing and looking through
your whole life. and you know you have COME HOME.

Now most people who experience an awakening like this tend to eventually be sucked
back into "normal" reality.....as I did. But you are never the same person again.
Because now you KNOW you have found the truth you have searched for your entire
life. No ifs, ands or buts. Like having a near death experience, you are forever
changed. You will never fear death, that's for sure! One of the hardest things for
me was trying to integrate my experience back into my daily life. At first you tend
to go a bit nuts getting rid of "crap" in your life that you know now means
nothing. I went out and bought ALOT of art and beautiful things for the house in an
attempt to make it even a shadow of the way I know it REALLY is. I almost closed my
business. It takes time for the physical ego to wrap it's little brain around THIS!
But after several months of reflection and with the help of wonderful philosophers
like Watts I think I have a grip on things. I have to balance between one reality
and the other.....and am seeing the beauty in day-to-day life we tend to miss. I
work less and enjoy more. I started painting after a 30 year WORK delay.....I sit
in the Sun at least 10 minutes every day and just enjoy nature w/o thinking or
worrying about the usual stupid crap. I hope that maybe the 2012 shift will be of
our own perception, and we all can be who we REALLY are ALL THE TIME, as it should
be!
Peace-