Outsmarting Ego

There is that moment in life when something triggers an awakening in us that brings about a change in movement from walking blindly in darkness to venturing forth into light. This isn’t something that happens over night or finalizes a bliss that for ever after we are happy and without trials. This is only one moment of a long string of moments that are strung together like pearls on a necklace spaced with knots. It is an unrealistic goal for most of us, that from the moment awakening begins we are in one split second enlightened and continuously tapped in to a higher conscious state of being. For most of us, it is intermittent moments of awe and awareness that come after hurdles that we overcome.

Our Ego wants to get involved at the moment of awakening and point out how you should be further down the path. Or, your Ego may want you to become complacent by taking on the thought, “Well, look how enlightened we are now. No need to keep working at it”. It is almost humorous the lengths the Ego will go to distract you from the the process. Why? Because the Ego ran the show when we lived in the dark. Continued...

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