It reminds us of this story of Shaumbra, a short story (some laughter about Tobias’s history of labelling his quite long stories as “short”). And, there weren’t seven; there was only one. And, her name was Clare. And, she was called up to go to a party. A friend called her and said, “We are all gathering together. We're going to have a party. There are going to be dozens of us. But, it is a masquerade party. We are going to ask you to put on a costume and come over.”

So, indeed Clare did. She put on her costume. She dressed up as a witch, which was somewhat appropriate for Shaumbra, I guess. And, she went to the party. She spent the night there. And, she observed all of the others wearing their costumes.

And, the next day over coffee with a friend of hers, her friend said, “So, Clare, how was the party?” And, Clare said, “They had wonderful food, wonderful drinks, and beautiful music. But, it was difficult. I didn’t know anyone there.” Even though they were all of her friends, they were in disguise. And, she felt she didn't know anybody. She had fallen so much into her own reality and illusion that she didn’t recognise anyone, even though she’d known many of them for years.

It’s kind of a way of saying, Shaumbra, that that is what life on Earth has been like. It’s been a masquerade party. Everything is masquerading as something… people masquerading as their identities… plants and animals masquerading as plants and animals… everything appearing to be something. But, that it is not all that it is, and that is certainly not its core energy. In clarity you can go right past the illusion, right past the masquerade. So, be very clear about what's happening in your own life and everything around you.

Clarity is ease also, by the way. It is so easy. Start using it. Start working with it. Get together in groups. A couple of things when you are working with clarity… there should be no efforting. It is simply a choice. It is a choice to go beyond the illusion into the core energy, to go beyond the surface and into the true reality. Look at objects. Look at people. All you have to do is breathe in and say, “I choose clarity.”