Toward a World that Works for Everyone
People love to think the ego is an impediment to spiritual growth. If we could just get rid of it, we would finally be enlightened and free from all the nonsense that comes with being human. What would happen if rather than avoiding or condemning this part of us, we looked for its source? This […]
Whatever is in your heart, do it. Whatever obstacle holds you back, overcome it. Whoever stands in your way, defy them. Your mission on this evolving planet is too important at this point to let anything prevent it. Life will seem to throw endless impossible obstacles in your way. But you must keep moving. Whatever […]
When was the last time you had to go through something stressful or frustrating, only to realize by the end of it that you learned a valuable lesson? If you’ve experienced this, then you aren’t alone. We all go through difficult, stressful and painful things, and most people don’t realize that these experiences are actually […]
We live here on Earth, together with billions of fellow human beings. That we live is an irrefutable empirical fact. Similarly, the fact that other people live on Earth, too, is also an empirical fact. We do not merely live, however, but we are also personalities. We are personalities who are similar to each other in […]
How to Overcome the Ego by Marilyn Redmond An excerpt from her book, The Real Meaning of 2012: A New Paradigm Bringing Bring Heaven to Earth Science says that energy moves. Humans label this inner power emotion. It’s all about raising vibrational energy. My energy drained off from my present life into past issues. My […]
There is enough for everyone. Our magnificent earth provides an abundance of food, energy, natural medicine, and building supplies that could easily meet the needs of everyone on this planet. Mother Earth does not charge money for any of these things, but our artificial economic system creates lack, scarcity and a slave civilization. We are […]
A while ago I posted a passage from Lao-Tzu’s Hua Hu Ching: “The ego is a monkey catapulting through the jungle: Totally fascinated by the realm of the senses, it swings from one desire to the next, one conflict to the next, one self-centered idea to the next. If you threaten it, it actually fears […]
Written by Wes Annac, The Culture of Awareness, December 15, 2014 – https://tinyurl.com/lgdasug Concluded from Part 2 (Read the full article here.) Abba Alonious tells us that the destruction of his ego was necessary so he could rebuild himself from the ground up. “If I had not destroyed myself completely, I should not have been able […]
Written by Wes Annac, The Culture of Awareness, December 13, 2014 – https://tinyurl.com/pagyt2j Continued from Part 1 As Ramakrishna also tells us, the ‘I’ we’re familiar with isn’t intended to be our physical selves, but Source him/herself. “By discriminating you will realize that what you call ‘I’ is really nothing but Atman. Reason it out. […]
Written by Wes Annac, The Culture of Awareness, December 12, 2014 – https://tinyurl.com/kc7ej7n The ego’s an innate aspect of our consciousness that can be used for benevolence or malevolence. Most people who hear the word ‘ego’ associate it with someone who’s full of themselves; who brags about their accomplishments or acts like they’re better than […]
Understanding the Ego, by Matt Kahn, September 30, 2014, https://www.truedivinenature.com In this one-hour video, intuitive healer Matt Kahn offers an expanded perspective on what we refer to as the ‘ego’. He maintains that the personality is ‘of the soul’, and not, as popularly taught, something we need to ‘master’ or get rid of. [Some mild […]
The word “ego” simply means “I” in Latin. Everything in spirituality revolves around “I.” The purpose of life is to know the true nature of our “I” or “Self.” We let go of one restrictive or separative notion of “self” after another and mount the ladder of spiritual knowledge until we’re left with the knowledge […]
(Continued from Part 1.) Family Roles SaLuSa tells us that “other souls that take an important role in your life are chosen for you, and you meet them as ‘arranged’ although it may well appear to be a random event.” “Be assured that whoever enters your life where it has any strong and lasting effect […]
Sri Ramana said something that I’m noticing in my own experience these days and I’d like to elaborate on it, if you’d permit me. He said: “The old vasanas pertaining to the body, (mind and so on) are destroyed. Being free from body-consciousness one never has the sense of doership. “Since such a one has […]
Jesus: Beware of Unsought Advice or Guidance Because it is Generally the Result of Another’s Ego Demanding Your Attention. Channelled by John Smallman, May 4, 2014. https://wp.me/p1B8dY-it As you wait patiently for the great event, keep on reminding yourselves that its arrival is inevitable and imminent and that any doubts or anxieties you may have […]
