WATCH YOUR EGO
I know that I’ve said this many times but I feel
I can’t emphasize it enough -- IMPROVING CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE KEY TO
A GOOD LIFE!
Why?
Because as we improve consciousness we increase our effectiveness and
the quality of our experience ... we live with more ease and often do much better
than we expect.
However, valuable as all this might be, within us
lies a great stumbling block -- our own ego. Ego is usually not
interested in consciousness expansion. It’s much more interested in defending
and bolstering our present positions and maintaining the status quo. It leads us away from consciousness expansion.
Normally, ego will not lead us to think, “I
don’t know,” or, “I should listen more closely to others and see what I
can learn.” Instead, it usually leads us to conclude that we know well
enough and much better than most others; it makes us overly critical and often
feel either unrealistically superior or inferior to others – producing a gulf
between us and others … even those we choose to love.
Here are two techniques to help avoid and escape
ego traps: observe when your thoughts
are becoming ego-driven and back away from them. And, recognize that all people are fundamentally the same -- we all
strive to survive, seek pleasure, eliminate pain and do our best to achieve a
better life; the main difference is only the level of consciousness at which we
operate.
By resisting the temptation of being
automatically controlled by ego we raise our consciousness level – and here
lies the key to having a much better life.
Goodness and joy to all, Joseph.
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FRIEND.
