Discerning ego from our Higher Self

Discerning the voice of ego from the voice of our Higher Self is key on the spiritual path.

Resolving Karma: When we confuse the voice of ego with that of the Higher Self and act on it – soon we find ourselves in the middle of a living nightmare. Problems and pain is how life shows us where we still have Karma to undo. The quicker we adopt this attitude – and bow to our ordeals - the quicker we clear the shadow aspects of ego and resolve our Karma.

Playing it safe: Since it is SOO difficult to stop ourselves in the middle of an ego driven movement – it is always safe to assume that the voice is from ego and question it thoroughly before acting on it. If you are sensitive and have already been evolving on the spiritual path for a while – you can most often trust the general WHAT – but be careful with the details – question the WHEN and the HOW carefully. And if you do not feel like questioning yourself – you can be certain that it is ego’s voice driving your life! Ego likes to dress up as the Higher Self. Extremely seductive and blindingly convincing.

Discerning ego from our Higher Self

There are red flags prior to finding ourselves in the middle of suffering. Problems and pain reveal that an underlying unresolved karmic energy is driving our movements. These are the red flags that can help us avoid suffering: Feeling certain vs open to alternatives; being stubborn vs flexible; in a hurry vs taking your time; resisting vs seriously considering all perspectives; struggling vs flow and mental trust vs gut & heart trust.

Getting happiness back: When we identify the exact ego thoughts and behaviors that got us into trouble – and we thoroughly understand how we ourselves created this suffering – the same kind of problem will never come back again – and a dependable joy filled peace arising from our Higher Self will soon take its place.

Forgive yourself and anyone who you are tempted to blame. The people who played the role of “getting you into this pain,” are on the human dual level indeed people you might want to withdraw from. And if these people are open to it - you could give them your honest negative feedback. BUT in privacy – and from your Higher Soul Self – you silently thank them for bringing your ego weeds to the surface – making them visible so that you could pull them out with their entire root – and once and for all lifetimes to come - be freed from this particular Karma.

Here on planet Earth - we are all just playing parts in each other’s ego dreams. And the more intense the pain – the more certain we can be that the situation is not accidental – but a gift and opportunity to release anything in our ego body that blocks the Divine Light.

Pray that this lesson is thoroughly understood and learned once and for all. Pray that this particular shadow aspect of your ego is released forever.

Doing better next time: When we get comfortable living with Not Knowing – When we welcome all that shows up in our life with respect and curiosity – When we include all experience through each one of our senses unreservedly – and we are willing to own and question especially the difficult and painful - Then we can trust that transcendence is just around the corner – along with Freedom, Joy and expansion of our Higher Self Soul Consciousness.