Perhaps I should call it a struggle; but, it is not that either. Perhaps, a relinquishment? At some point it is all of those; a battle, a struggle and finally a relinquishment. I am talking about how we deal with our egos.
The ego is that part of us that is attached to this world. It is interested primarily in survival and always invites fear as an ally. It stands between us and Love. As long as we experience life through our egos, we will always love conditionally. Is it love if it is conditional? If the person we relate to, has to meet certain conditions, for us to feel love for them, is that love?
The ego always wants to be in control. It hates what it cannot predict. It is the part of us that keeps us trapped in the scenario, of being anxious of the future, because of the past. It is hard for us to relax enough to enjoy the now. We are constantly missing the present. Many of us, skate through the day oblivious of what is in the present. We wait for the time when we can sit back in the Evening with a libation. Only then do we get a taste, of just being, and experiencing the now.
The ego has many aspects of control. One, I would like to discuss here, in some depth, is our need to maintain or gain a position in the world. We spend a lot of attention on, how we measure up with others, in our small and large environments. Most times we don't even know we are doing it. We find ourselves evaluating other peoples' place in the world. He or she is just trailer trash. He or she is a loser. He or she is certainly not using their education. They certainly can't afford the big house they live in. I wonder if he or she will ever get a real job. We can see how this can go on and on to infinity. Every one of these judgements adds to the moat, we build around ourselves, and cast a deep shade over our capacity to love.
We are carefully taught that our position in the world is important and that what, others think of us, has value. Even after we begin to wake up and understand what I am talking about here; we still find ourselves worried about what others think.
This ongoing judgement becomes a barely conscious factor; but it joins with everybody else's judgements, to create a fabric of respectability, and like a deep cloud of doom, blocks the love we have from flowing.
We are beginning to recognize, that the value of an individual or group, has absolutely nothing to to with their position in the world. The next homeless person we meet on the street, may be sending more loving energy into the world, than the ten most prominent people in our community. The value, we have to the rest of us, is in our capacity to love.
The more we give up the idea of having a position in the world, the more we will recognize how truly loving we are. We will see through the fog, we have created, and see how all are equal, and all are deserving of love. The more we love the more we see love in others.
As the light increases, as our ability to see that we are love, becomes more a reality, we will give up the dominance of our egos. I talk about the ego as if it is real. In fact it is non-existent. When we separated from Source, we created this part of our persona, to warn us of danger, because we felt vulnerable, with a lack of connection to each other and Source. Over the years the ego took on our identity. We became confused and thought we were, that aspect of ourselves, that interrelated with the world. As we discover, we are much more than ego, and in fact, may not need it; the ego panics, it has pretended to be ourselves so long that it thinks it is. The ego thinks you are trying to kill it. It acts like a very spoiled child having a tantrum.
Getting back to; is it a battle, a struggle or a relinquishment, Giving up the ego can be all of these, depending on what stage we are in, or it can be a surrender to our true selves.
The light is increasing exponentially, as each person begins to see, without their ego, the light multiplies; this provides energy for the rest of us to see.
If we remember that we are already Unconditional Love because we are part of Source which is Unconditional Love; we may see, our way, into sinking into, or surrendering to, that Love that we already are. We can give up the pain of the battle and feel the Love.
We need not worry about failure. We cannot fail. We are, only, recognizing what already is.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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