I am told over and over by well meaning people, that; “I don’t think you can ever get rid of an ego!” When I was told this in the past, it use to really bother me, because it’s essentially a declaration that we will always suffer in this life time.
For those who tell me that, we’ll never be able to get rid of an ego, it’s because;
They are constantly plagued with fearful thoughts!
They haven’t been taught how to rid themselves of the ego!
They have never experienced freedom from the ego, that brings a peace that passes all understanding!
To over come this fearful belief, we need to first take a look at what created the ego and what it is.
What created the ego and what is it?
Jesus says in A Course in Miracles; that we created our ego during the separation before birth. Our saving grace is that the atonement (which gives us the ability to undo the idea of the ego,) was created for us at the same time.
The ego is a tiny mad idea that we can be separate from God, so we took on an identity of being a human; that is lacking and in need of protection and promotion to survive.
Jesus says in A Course In Miracles; “Into eternity where all is one, there crept a tiny mad idea at which the son of God remembered not to laugh. In his forgetting did the thought become a serious idea and possible accomplishment and real of effects.”
In other words, the idea that we can separate from our creator, is so preposterous that we should have laughed it off. But since we didn’t, we took the thought seriously and it became our illusionary experience or our dream life.
Jesus says in A Course In Miracles; “The ego can be completely forgotten at anytime, because it has always been a belief that is totally incredible! The ego is unbelievable and will forever be unbelievable!”
How Do We Get Rid of The Ego?
When someone comes to the end of their self and seeks a better way, they are essentially saying I’m ready and willing to open my mind to the fact that; “My egocentric way is not the right way to peace, joy and happiness, and I’m willing to try a new way guided by the Divine!”
The problem is; that most people just resign to being miserable and don’t believe there is another way to peace, joy and happiness. So they keep doing what they’ve always done, (depending on themselves) and they continue to get the same results; doubt, worry, fear, and stress!
Jesus says in A Course In Miracles; “Belief that there is another way is the loftiest idea of which ego thinking is capable. This is because it contains a hint of recognition that the ego is not the self.”
The ego is a master mind of convincing us that we are just a body. But the every fact that we can realize that there is another way, is proof that we are not an ego, and therefore we can be free from it.
“The ego is idolatry; the sign of limited and separated self, born in a body doomed to suffer and to end its life in death!” ACIM
However the truth is, we are spiritual beings; one with the Divine, seated in heavenly places, having a dream of being in a body!
Lesson 50 of A Course In Miracles; “When we believe we are a body, we place our faith in the most trivial and insane symbols; pills, money, clothing, influence, prestige, being liked, knowing the right people, and an endless list of forms of nothingness which endow with magical power, all these things are your replacement for the love of God. All these things are cherished to ensure a body identification.”
We Have Two Identity Path Choices:
Spirit Body
One with Divine Separate and alone
Heaven Hell
Wholeness Lacking
Self Fullness Selfishness
Peace Pain
Limitless Limited
Powerful Powerless
Loving Fearful
Sinless Sinful
Innocent Guilty
Non-Judgemental Judgemental
Awake Asleep
All the problems in the world can be traced back to a fearful, self centered – egotistical mind. When I was religious, I believed that helping people get saved, (meaning giving their life to Christ,) would rid the world of evil. However religion has never been able to bring love, unity and peace to the world. True salvation is to be right minded, and that only happens when we are willing to give up the ego.
I have a happy dream that a great awakening is taking place in which, we are awakening to the fact of our true identity as spiritual beings that create a world devoid of sickness, disease, murder, war, deception, selfishness, corruption, suicide and addictions.
This new world is filled with love, peace, joy, understanding, inclusion and unity. The very thing we all long for.
Gypsy Spirit
Guiding people out of the darkness of their egotistical mind, and into the light of being a spiritual being.
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