The Unravelling Of Ego To Reveal True Self

What does it mean to go on a spiritual path?

Maybe surprisingly, it's not about deities, beliefs, crystals or angels. It means taking the steps to know and understand the True You. The True You is very different to the You you're brought up to know. Years of brainwashing from peers will set you up with beliefs about your Self and life that simply aren't true. It's not about religion, it's about YOU.

For example, we're led to believe we have a soul (that's if you believe that at all). This simply isn't true, WE ARE souls - what we have is a body and mind to allow us to experience and grow here on this planet.

Mostly we let our Ego (Exaggerated sense of self-importance/what we think we are) rule our words, thoughts and actions and unless we become aware of this and get our Higher Self to take back control, it's hard to be truly spiritual.

It's helped me to put into a list what is Ego and what is Self. Although, making a list made me laugh, as that itself is an Ego thing to do! 

Here's the short list I made for personal reference:

Ego/Sense of Self MeMySoulAndEye.blogspot.co.uk	Soul/Spirit/True Self MeMySoulAndEye.blogspot.co.uk
Analytical	Understanding
Anger	Calm
Before/after (past/future)	Now/this moment
Believe	Know
Blocked	Creative
Cold	Empathetic
Comparative	United
Competing	Content
Conditional	Unconditional
Controlling	Surrendering
Cynic	Has faith
Deceitful	Honest
Defensive	Open
Different	Similar
Doing	Being
Excluding	Including
Fear	Love
Fitting in	Freedom
Forceful	Supportive
Following	Leading (by example)
Greed	Generosity
Guilt	Improvement
Head	Heart
Hinder	Help
Hoard	Give
Irresponsible/blaming	Responsible
Judging	Accepting
Jealous	Admiring
Knowledge	Wisdom
Label	Value (moral)
Lack	Gratitude
Lesson	Experience
Materialistic	Recognising abundance
Mean	Kind
Overbearing/bossy	Co-operative
Personal agenda	Oneness
Power hungry	Humble
Stuck	Growing
Think	Aware
Uncaring	Sympathetic
Unforgiving/resentful	Forgiving
Wanting	Thankful
MeMySoulAndEye.blogspot.co.uk	MeMySoulAndEye.blogspot.co.uk

When you honestly examine all that you've come to know about yourself with a view to getting back to the real you, it opens up many a 'can of worms'. It takes some degree of bravery to do this (I mean to really do it - I previously thought I had, but I hadn't come close!). Essentially, you face daily, all your fears and self doubts over and over again until you find what is useful and what isn't. It's like being born again, rocking what was your foundation for years and replacing it with something completely new. It's not about suffering, being depressed or consumed by this process - it's about having the courage to do it with integrity and no other agenda.

However, once you start this process what was once real, now becomes fake and it can be hard to know what to even talk about with the oldest of friends. It can be a lonely battle ground with your Shadow Self (the bits you hide because you don't like them), not that it has to be as there is a spiritual community brimming with like-minded souls for support.

You see, we are all on a spiritual path, it's just some are more aware of it than others, more willing to knowingly slay the demons.

This last week I have been feeling inferior to others. This is, of course, Egotistical (Lower Self). How can I be inferior when we all come from the same Source and just have different lessons to learn?

I know this and I'm desperately trying to get back to Source. It hasn't stopped me comparing my blog to others and finding it less popular, not as well laid out as others, wondering why I'm not able to do Reiki II yet (my relationship with reiki has been long ready, but my spiritual and business side isn't ready yet), why am I 37 years old and still living in a damp rented house? It is all my own responsibility and actually irrelevant stuff in the scheme of things, but it doesn't stop the hurt.

No-one said my chosen path would be easy and they were right. Still, it's my path and I'm going to continue to follow it, as I know it will lead me Home.

The revelations; realisations, pure truth and bliss that occasionally shines through are more than enough to tell me to keep on going, even in the darkest days.

Wherever you are on your chosen path, may it be beautiful, truth-filled and useful to you all. 

Remember, the Ego is not your enemy or 'bad', it can teach you a lot and without it, we wouldn't know our Soul.

Love and light from Lou and her very useful Ego. xx

Inspirational, Positive Spiritual Quotes And Mantras

Here are some of my own inspirational, spiritual quotes and mantras. Feel free to use and share them, but please make sure that this blog address remains on them. Thank you.

Be Your Own Best Friend And Magic Will Happen.

We are often hardest on ourselves and our own worst critic. Can you remember a time when you gave yourself as good advice as you'd give a friend? We all need to learn to listen to our own inner wisdom, to trust our intuition and to not be afraid to tell ourselves some harsh truths once in a while. Balance this with compassion for yourself and you will live in love and truth.

Let Go Of The Past To Make Room For The Future.

It's hard to let go of things in our life we hold (or even once held) dear. If we can master the art of letting go, we make room for the universe to bless us with more abundance and gifts. Give to receive and let go to let in.

When A Light Is Switched On, Darkness Has Nowhere To Go And It Dies.

Fight fear with love and light, then watch as the fear and the darkness fades. 

Love Is All Around You. All You Have To Do Is Open Your Heart And Your Eyes Will See It.

The more we give love, the more we are open to receive and recognise it. The more we put up barriers to protect ourselves, the more we lock love out and the less we can receive. 

Your Thoughts, Words And Actions Create Your Future. Be Positive For A Brighter Future.

Our whole Universe is energy, we are energy too. Our thoughts, words and actions transmit energy and we get back what we put out there. It's wise to watch our words, learn to think positive and only behave in ways that emanate what we would want back in our lives. The key to this is gratitude: if you can feel grateful for all you have your in life, you will emit positive energy and it will come right back to you. Your life is a mirror of what's inside you.

May your weekend be blessed with love, laughter and positivity.