Ego's Favourite Game

Do you know the most disempowering game your ego will play with you? It is called 'I am right and you are wrong'?

There is no right and there is no wrong. There is only what serves you and what serves you may very well not serve another. When we attach our identity to the self-righteous thought that we are right and we are innocent, we create a victim and a persecutor. We become the victim of that very disempowering thought process. You see often our ego thinks that playing the victim gives it a kind of power because of all the attention we get from others' pity or their shared defiance at what we have suffered; but it is a very contradictory misperception. As long as we rigidly attach ourselves to that self-righteous belief, we will remain stuck in this vortex of trying to let go of the past and trying to forgive, for eternity. You see, as we hand over our victim status, our ego will feel lost without its perceived power and so take it back, thereby repeating the cycle into perpetuity.

This is the reason that people are stuck 'trying to forgive' and why they never let go.

You cannot say: "I forgive you, but I will never forget". That is saying that you are hanging onto the grudge forever, isn't it? You cannot say: "I forgive you, but what you did was wrong." That statement says that I will always judge you. You see we forgive on the one hand and take it back with the other hand. Our ego wants to have the upper hand.

When you forgive you forgive 100%. You cannot half forgive. You either forgive or you don't and regrettably most people never forgive because they have the perception that they are right and they have been wronged. They hang onto their pride as if their ego is a very real thing that can be hurt.

What is pride? It is the false perception that you are better than everyone else. If you think that you are special, you've just made everyone else on this planet unspecial. That is not possible. We are not any more or less special than anyone else on this planet. We are all the same.

We need to admit our 'samenesses' and access humility, knowing full well that we are all human and we all make mistakes. We all act unconsciously at times, but that is alright. We learn from our bad judgements and make better choices next time around . We all deserve a second chance. That is why we are here on Earth having a human experience in a physical body.

The only way to release yourself from the prison of unforgiveness is to release all judgement of others and of yourself.

Start to observe when you are being misled by your ego. Your emotions will guide you. If you are feeling angry, bitter, depressed or unforgiving you are focusing on events in the past and are reliving the event through your negative emotions. If you notice that you are feeling stressed, anxious, worried or fearful you are projecting yourself into the future. Both of these two scenarios awaken us to the fact that we are in denial of the present. You cannot be in the present when you are in ego. When you become good at catching yourself when you slip into ego's deceptive ploys, you will be able to sidestep your ego and that is when you will experience the feelings of peace, contentment and bliss. Then you will experience your true power.

Your power awaits you. It is a gentle letting go of attachment to an all consuming ego and a surrendering to the Highest Will for the true manifestation of your life purpose.

You are Spirit and Spirit is indestructible. Spirit is where your real power resides. Don't ever be conned into the ego's favourite game because in striving for the illusion of power you will become the victim.

Have an enlightened week precious soul!

lots of love
Nicolette