đ¶ whatâs ego got to do, got to do with it
The ego is kind of like a yearbook you keep with just pictures of you. It has captions too about what you do, canât do, should do, did do, will do, desire for, aspire to, etc. Itâs like a living personal history.
Or at least what you think to note as your personal history. And, this is kinda funny, you also go into the yearbook and write notes from other people to and about you. Like, you think what you think theyâd think and you make notes of that, too.
You spend a silly amount of time and energy background-worrying if youâre staying consistent with what your yearbook says about you. You even want to stay consistent with negative remarks and the ones you know arenât true.
Over time, you might become reallllllyy protective of this yearbook, this image and idea of who you are. You consult it constantly and pretty much instantaneously. âHmm, let me see what thatâll mean for my yearbook, my image.â
Spiritualists give the ego a bunch of sh!t. It does make life a bit harder for you to be present and live freely. Much of whatâs in the yearbook is outdated and has actually never been helpful. Itâs pretty imaginary (Iâd guess 100%) and yet itâll cause all types of drama within and around you. Whatâs ironic is that being mad at egos or having a contentious relationship with yours is just more ego.
So then whatâs not ego? Itâs your heart, man. Itâs when you forget about yourself and just do whatâs to be doinâ. No, not like you forget to eat and have a home. Like you forget to think of you as a character. You just live.
Itâs a lot easier than toting the yearbook around because then you can make new choices all the time. Which is helpful because the environment, no matter how âthe sameâ it looks, is always new, too.
The ego is something you manage and that manages you. Oh wait, wait. Something that gives you the illusion of management. Since your yearbook doesnât even have the real and true info. It only contains what you think to put in it.
I know people who spent an entire life dismissive of their most beautiful and brilliant qualities âcause they didnât have them noted. That means that they didnât plan to use them or even let much space for them to be enjoyed.
If you want to start to do something about your ego, practice breathing. Really. Thatâs it. Anything more complex than that is just more ideas about yourself and what you think youâre doing. Yearbook stuff. Breathe yourself out of your mind chatter and into your moment. Practice taking a look and feel around. Whatâs here? Whatâs happening? How do I feel? What do I want? Itâll take some time, but youâll start to notice those answers diverge from what the yearbook says.
It helps to be a little childlike about it and to forget to pretend you know wtf is happening and what it means. You have to⊠and this might scare you⊠delight a little in the miracle and the mystery of life instead of dread and fight it. An ego isnât a bad thing. It isnât any thing. Itâs just an idea.
To keep your yearbook on the shelf more often, develop a practice of noticing when youâre using it instead of the truth â youâre an indefinable, limitless expression of the divine. Notice, giggle, breathe, shelve it.
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