Ft. Pulaski; GA
“My ego is
not my amigo. It is out to kill me.” - Anon
“Love holds
no expectation on who you will be, it simply honors who you are.” - E’yen
Gardner
One of most difficult and rarest
things for people to accomplish in this life is to truly learn to differentiate
between their spirit and their ego. Many
use drugs and alcohol to avoid the issue, many more busy themselves trying to
please others or obtain mountains of stuff that they know they cannot take with
them after this life. But there are
those few that make this realization. It
usually starts with some pain in life that is so deep that a crack is formed in
the self-identity of ego. If this crack
is then pried open, it is revealed to the individual that their life has been a
sham – almost everything they have done has been a reaction to one anxiety or
another. But once this breakthrough is
made, another barrier awaits that can be just as difficult to break
through. This is the difficulty of truly
making peace with one’s self.
It is only in learning to quiet the mind
that we can learn to see our ego as it is – that part of us which desperately
clings to the notion that it IS who we are, and works hard to retain its
position as our identity. But our ego
has been conditioned to believe that it is who we are, and consequently it
feels that its death means our death.
This is the whole thing that is discussed in religions that one must “die
to themselves, be reborn” etc etc – all of the spiritual paths acknowledge that
ego must die. But ego never completely
dies – it remains our constant companion until the day we die. Thus, many religions teach one to think that
this part of themselves is “evil” and must be avoided. The result is internal conflict within the
individual which forever bars them from true spiritual awakening.
Our ego is a proper and necessary part of
our makeup. It does the best it can with
the skewed templates that were installed in it while we were children and the
constant negativity it is fed. The
hallmark of the beginning of true spiritual growth is when no only makes peace
with this ego, but develops a kindly attitude toward it to the point that they
can love it. Since we never see other
people, but rather just see mirrors of ourselves in them, if we have not
isolated and come to love this part of ourselves we are incapable of fully
loving anyone else. Our choice is simple
– do the work to understand and love ourselves or live in a state of
conflict. It is in this stage of
spiritual awakening that we mature to a level that we can truly begin to have conscious
contact with the spirit that is woven throughout all.
Today, may I
learn to love myself.
Have a great Monday !!
David
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