Blinding flash of the obvious: Ego reduction is learning to love spiritually.
When we have, in toto, turned our will and our life over to the care of God, we have begun the process of detaching from our ego-based belief that we are the true protector of and for our self.
It is a hard lesson, but the less I "stand up for myself," the clearer the path for grace to sweep the path clean for all concerned. The block to believing that is the fearful I, that I who unrestrained dictates our every thought, word and deed...for the benefit of that very I.
Very simplistically, and according to me, the difference between psychiatry and spirituality is psychiatry is geared for self-improvement and spirituality is geared for self-detachment. Also simplistic but even more true to me, humans need a healthy self-esteem before ever an honest detaching from self can begin.
Learning to love spiritually is learning the art of giving over, giving up, giving in. Interpreting all that giving as losing, our reasoning mind balks. Ah, but when we go deeper we find the missing key, that which we are giving up: self-centered fear, plain and simple.
It is in giving that we get...free.
Thank you.
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