All I had to do to keep my connection strong was to Breathe Love once in a while, or keep a conscious connection with a gentle, soft breath. Most of the time this was not required. The bliss was so strong that I remained in a continuous heightened state of awareness. I am saying that the Third Key is the simplest and most natural way that I have found that takes me to the Edge of Reality where the mind is quiet and focused. The next step, Love, can never be a process.
Effort is ego.
Effortless awareness is the blissful play of awakening. I explain these subtleties later in this book, which at first glance may make the process seem complicated. The complications lay not in the process but in all the layers of ego that make ourselves complicated. I must explain the Third Key in a hundred different ways to help a hundred different types of people understand It. As for Lev, I found myself feeling like I was the Wizard of Oz taking down the curtain of astral glitter.