Message #39093

[guest587]

For me, it would be nice not to be ruled by the Ego. At times I am free from such a tricky companion. Other times I have what has been called Spiritual Amnesia because I forgot the bigger picture and suddenly my life was preoccupied by thoughts of self. How this person made me feel. Why I don't like this, why I need that. Suddenly, my days were spent trying to satisfy all the little i's wants and needs... Pursuing health not to serve as an instrument of God, but to satisfy the wants and needs of the little i... And doing so I started getting sick- until one day the sickness freed me from my delusion and reminded me the importance of serving others.

There are many traits we find undesirable, and it's all the easier to see in another person than in ourselves... But with true understanding and compassion- we are not so easily perturbed at the sight of Ego in another person. If we have the ability to help them, then we should try. Be wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove... We might suggest things that would allow the soul to reign supreme in the host body over the Ego... Perhaps by our simply being there we are assisting in liberation.

It's not always easy, we are not Masters... And God refers to us here as Children- even the more advanced of us who lead others towards salvation, this density is not the end all. Sometimes we have to step away, being children, we aren't always quipped to serve. So say you recognize these undesirable qualities springing up around you. It's the intolerance that most disgust us. Once we the ability to understand something, we are not so disgusted. There was something in ourselves still needing clarification, healing...

This is a dance... It's really hard to articulate... On one hand you have Self Peace for Earth Peace- on the other hand the spiritual path is the annihilation of the false self. It takes nurturing the Self in order to be selfless... So now it's understanding self and Self.
Hmm...