Ego and love.
19 April 2010 C.E.
Approximately 8:00 p.m.
The surrender of “ego” is not dissolution of Self. Though the word translates from the Latin as “I”, it is but a component of Self - a part of the whole being which, despite being necessary and even invaluable, must surrender to Spirit in order have its needs most truly met.
It is often surprisingly difficult for individuals to realize this fact; my own struggle with ego has been formidable. Nevertheless, it is an inescapable truth that one’s ego may only find its completion when placed in service to the Spirit.
What is this “Spirit”? For purposes of this composition, let us define it as being our essential connection to the creative force. It is both comprised of and connected to what may be called “the Divine” - the essential, life-sustaining energy that makes every single aspect of this existence possible.
When one surrenders the ego to Spirit, one is simply saying, “I am fulfilled in my Self and by my Self.” No more or less is needed but this simple understanding, for it is the recognition of Self as complete that opens the door to the Divine. By allowing the ego to feel the inherent vitality and true contentment that exists within the infinity of Spirit, one enables the completion of the Self to occur naturally by the simple expedient of telling the ego: “This is what you have sought ever since you first came into being. This is the best and surest place to find love without any conditions and with complete acceptance. This is where you can be guaranteed a place no matter what you have done in the past and regardless of what your future contains. You will never fail, falter or fall in this place, because it is completely your home. You are loved.”
We all want to be loved in some way. Even if we choose not to pursue a romantic involvement, we suffer without gaining love in other ways. We look to our families and/or friends for giving and receiving affection. Even if we have no other person in our lives at all (a very rare occurrence these days!) we seek acceptance in and by our immediate environment (I am thinking particularly of a cloistered spiritual devotee or a hermit). We seek it from ourselves as well, and often most of all. Many people struggle their entire lives to accept the events and circumstances surrounding them.
The ultimate basis and source of our greatest joy is love. The sense of union we experience when we feel love is something unmatched. It is a feeling of being free of expectation, free of judgment, full of understanding and steeped in simple acceptance. There is no condition upon which it relies, for it exists apart from any reason. Reason is born of logic; logic exists as a result of structure and condition.
Once the ego recognizes this love and accepts its embrace, there will be no worry about failing to walk a path or being inadequate for one’s purpose. There is but the calm realization that one’s purpose exists as being precisely suited to and for the Self, and that the Self choose precisely as it will to fill that purpose. There is no such thing as “incompetence” or “failure” where Spirit is concerned.
Crossposted from my Dreamwidth account.
Approximately 8:00 p.m.
The surrender of “ego” is not dissolution of Self. Though the word translates from the Latin as “I”, it is but a component of Self - a part of the whole being which, despite being necessary and even invaluable, must surrender to Spirit in order have its needs most truly met.
It is often surprisingly difficult for individuals to realize this fact; my own struggle with ego has been formidable. Nevertheless, it is an inescapable truth that one’s ego may only find its completion when placed in service to the Spirit.
What is this “Spirit”? For purposes of this composition, let us define it as being our essential connection to the creative force. It is both comprised of and connected to what may be called “the Divine” - the essential, life-sustaining energy that makes every single aspect of this existence possible.
When one surrenders the ego to Spirit, one is simply saying, “I am fulfilled in my Self and by my Self.” No more or less is needed but this simple understanding, for it is the recognition of Self as complete that opens the door to the Divine. By allowing the ego to feel the inherent vitality and true contentment that exists within the infinity of Spirit, one enables the completion of the Self to occur naturally by the simple expedient of telling the ego: “This is what you have sought ever since you first came into being. This is the best and surest place to find love without any conditions and with complete acceptance. This is where you can be guaranteed a place no matter what you have done in the past and regardless of what your future contains. You will never fail, falter or fall in this place, because it is completely your home. You are loved.”
We all want to be loved in some way. Even if we choose not to pursue a romantic involvement, we suffer without gaining love in other ways. We look to our families and/or friends for giving and receiving affection. Even if we have no other person in our lives at all (a very rare occurrence these days!) we seek acceptance in and by our immediate environment (I am thinking particularly of a cloistered spiritual devotee or a hermit). We seek it from ourselves as well, and often most of all. Many people struggle their entire lives to accept the events and circumstances surrounding them.
The ultimate basis and source of our greatest joy is love. The sense of union we experience when we feel love is something unmatched. It is a feeling of being free of expectation, free of judgment, full of understanding and steeped in simple acceptance. There is no condition upon which it relies, for it exists apart from any reason. Reason is born of logic; logic exists as a result of structure and condition.
Once the ego recognizes this love and accepts its embrace, there will be no worry about failing to walk a path or being inadequate for one’s purpose. There is but the calm realization that one’s purpose exists as being precisely suited to and for the Self, and that the Self choose precisely as it will to fill that purpose. There is no such thing as “incompetence” or “failure” where Spirit is concerned.
Crossposted from my Dreamwidth account.