THINK OUTSIDE THE EGO

Getting free of my sister means simply that I free my sister. That's another blinding flash of the obvious that I wrote in my "God Calling"...in 2006 yet. And, I am deeper than deeply grateful that I have freed my sister...she walks free in my mind today.

Now I've got Gertrude. More to the point, now I am resisting Gertrude. Again I am reminded of my mental struggles with my co-worker Nancy in 1986...and for the same reason; namely, she was wrong and I was right. I didn't get free of me until I sincerely thanked God for showing me she was not wrong, and I could be good with that.

The answer is always, always, always the same: short form, get over yourself. Long form, So if someone hurts you and you are sore, you are in the wrong, too.

Here's the gold in these ego struggles...with spiritual growth as our goal, we finally understand that this means we're doing it right. For it's only by coming face-to-face with our inner petty that we comprehend...or get a glimmer...that the real problem is our very own self. We continue the process of acceptance...accepting that humans will ever view life itself first through ego.

We need to remind our self often to think outside the box, only we need to translate that to "Think outside the ego." The box is always the ego and it will always attempt to keep us centered in it. It is these ego run-ins that clarify for us that without them, we'd either be self-proclaimed saints, all alone and thinking we wanted it that way, or mental recluses, all alone and thinking we wanted it that way. There is no God in either.

Thank you.