Goldenserenity
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 Dealing with the Negative Ego...Part 1
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I came across this site today that was written by Dr. Joshua David Stone. I felt it was something to pass on, as it explains a lot. At the end of the third part, I will place the link so you may find this site for further readings.
The most difficult lessons of the Spiritual Path are the challenges people face in dealing with relationships. It is in relationships that people often build the most amount of negative energy.
To begin this discussion, it must be understood that when life is looked at from the perspective of the Soul, everything is seen as a Spiritual lesson, challenge and Spiritual test. Every interaction is seen as an opportunity to respond from the Christ Consciousness attitude rather than the negative ego attitude. Every interaction is seen as an opportunity to respond from unconditional love rather than fear and attack. Every interaction is seen as an opportunity to choose oneness with GOD rather than separation from GOD. Every interaction is seen as an opportunity to choose forgiveness instead of holding grudges.
The negative ego thought system doesn't exist, for it is illusion. Even though every person is one with GOD, not everyone is one with GOD in terms of their realization of this Spiritual ideal. It is our thoughts that create our reality. Most people not being trained in the difference between Spiritual thinking and negative ego thinking live in a bad dream filled with negative feelings and emotions, thinking the cause is outside of themselves when, in truth, the cause of all negative thoughts, emotions and negative interaction; is an unconscious choice to interpret the situation from the negative ego mind rather than the Christ Mind.
You can interpret every situation from your lower self or your Higher Self. When you interpret your interactions with people from your Christ/Buddha and/or Higher Self mind, each of our jobs Spiritually is to set a better example. Did not the Master Jesus say, "Love your enemies?"
~Love never says no
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Re: Dealing with the Negative Ego...Part 1
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Part 2
So when you approach a person, neighbor, family member, stranger, fellow worker on the job who is run by the negative ego, the first thing that GOD is teaching you is how not to be. You are also being taught to maintain and remain in you personal power. You are being taught by GOD to remain centered, and remain in your bubble of protection so other people's negativity slides off like water off a duck’s back. You are also being taught forgiveness, and unconditional love. You are being taught to respond instead of react. You are being taught to cause your own reality and to not let other people cause your emotions. You are being taught patience and tolerance. You are being taught to look at things as teachings and lessons instead of bummers and problems. You are being taught evenmindedness and to maintain inner peace in all situations. You are being taught to maintain your self-love and love from GOD within self, and not to seek it outside of self. You are being taught to remain right with self and right with GOD even though someone around you is not. You are being taught to remain whole in your self and not seek wholeness outside of yourself. You are being taught to have preferences and not attachments. You are being taught to set a better example. You are being taught to let go of all attack thoughts and to be kind instead. In some cases, you are being taught humility and to turn the other cheek. In some cases, you are being taught to remain silent and unaffected. You are being taught to transcend duality.
By this I mean that when truly centered in your God Self you remain the same when criticized or praised, in victory or defeat, in sickness or in health. In some cases you are being taught to speak up in a calm, rational, objective, loving manner rather than a reactive, overly emotional, angry, attacking manner. In the ideal you are being taught to love your enemy and to see the diamond underneath the mud, or the light behind the lampshade. You are being taught to see the Christ within the other person even though they do not see it in themselves and are not seeing it in you.
It must be understood that what you see in others is a mirror of your own consciousness since outer life is nothing more than a projection screen for your own thoughts. How you see your Brother and Sister is literally determining your oneness or lack of oneness with GOD. Your brother and sister are a Son and Daughter of GOD even if they are not acting like it. If you do not see this it is you who have a lesson to learn in GOD’s eyes. Be more concerned about learning your lessons than about whether your neighbor or friend learns theirs. You are also being taught to remain in the Christ Consciousness at all times even when under attack. You are also being taught to stay out of your negative ego at all times. In truth, you are being taught to be a Spiritual Master.
From GOD’s perspective you should bless your negative Brother and Sister for giving you the opportunity to learn such wonderful lessons! Quite a different perspective then the negative ego’s, wouldn't you say?
~Love never says no
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Goldenserenity
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Re: Dealing with the Negative Ego...Part 1
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Part 3
Anyone can be Spiritual when things are going well. The true test of your Spiritual Realization is if you can remain in your Christ Consciousness when you are attacked. "So what that you gain the whole world but lose your own soul", as the Bible says. My friends, every single moment of your life your are choosing GOD or your negative ego.
What do you really want? Do you want power, fame and money at the expense of GOD? Do you want the permanent or the impermanent? Do you want liberation or endless rounds of rebirth? Do you want Heaven and true God Realization or the glamours of matter and worldly attachments? If you find yourself choosing wrongly in a given moment, stop yourself, forgive yourself, and choose once again. Perfection is not making mistakes. Perfection is not making conscious mistakes. When you become conscious that you have chosen negative ego, forgive yourself, forgive the other person, and attitudinally heal yourself by rechoosing the Christed attitude. It only takes 21 days to cement a new habit into the subconscious mind. In conclusion; bless your negative ego neighbor, family member, co-worker or friend who is run by the negative ego, they have given you an opportunity to Realize GOD. Every time you choose negative ego you do not lose your oneness with GOD for that is impossible. However, you do lose your realization of your oneness with GOD. Let your mantra be "I choose GOD and not negative ego in every interaction with a Brother and Sister."
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~Love never says noEdited by Gerrit on 12/08/08 10:10 AM.
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Re: Dealing with the Negative Ego...Part 1
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Word up! 
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You're an amazing part of synchronicity in action! I'm having a horrible time battling a negative energy situation with certain unnamed individuals when I come home. It's a bad pattern and I can't figure out why certain people are in my life at all when their ideals, goals, actions etc are exactly opposite of mine. Im so irritated, it's like rubbing me down with sandpaper when I walk in the door of my own home. It's not ME, it's not who I want to BE and my reactions are not what I want at all. I'm alternately angry and miserable and look for ways to leave, which doesn't make me happy either. I KNOW I am exactly where I am supposed to be at this moment, so I keep asking my Guides, "Hey, show me the lesson already so I can learn and move forward..I'm not enjoying this!!" I just asked again yesterday. This morning, there was an e-mail from Spirit Board in my in-box. "You haven't been to SB for 30 days" a reminder of my membership. An engraved invite to ZOOM in on this post and find my lesson in black and white. Many thanks! Many, MANY thanks! I am printing this and studying it and will beat that negative ego down with a bat because I choose a Higher Path. Wait a minute, can you beat things with a bat and still be on a Higher Path? Hmmmm.
HUGS!
Karla
Edited by Olesfan on 01/28/10 08:17 AM.
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Penny
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Re: Dealing with the Negative Ego...Part 1
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Welcome back Karla! You have been missed!
Um, your situation sounds so much like mine actually and I have been wondering if and when it is going to end! 
Time to re-read this post I guess.
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Re: Dealing with the Negative Ego...Part 1
Post: #111759 / Re: OlesFan #111753 | | |
Hi Karla,
It's not about beating something or going against it... especially not your negative ego. It will beat you back, always!!!
Read Joshua David Stones words again:
[...]When you become conscious that you have chosen negative ego, forgive yourself, forgive the other person, and attitudinally heal yourself by rechoosing the Christed attitude. It only takes 21 days to cement a new habit into the subconscious mind. In conclusion; bless your negative ego, neighbor, family member, co-worker or friend who is run by the negative ego, they have given you an opportunity to Realize GOD. Every time you choose negative ego you do not lose your oneness with GOD for that is impossible. However, you do lose your realization of your oneness with GOD. [...]
Only if you surrender to what IS (namely seeing the fact that you are being run by negative ego) you actually are able to make a new choice. As long as you fight your negative ego, trying to rid it, you will create it anew every time. What you resist persists. It's simple physics or universal law.
Namasté,
Stefanie
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Re: Dealing with the Negative Ego...Part 1
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Thank you so much for sharing this passage. It is so insightful and has already shed light into my thought patterns. I tend to always put blame on others for making me feel or act a certain way. Its definitely time to take responsibility and look inwards. Blessings!
Shine as brightly as a star!
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Re: Dealing with the Negative Ego...Part 1
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Thanks Stefanie, yes, I suppose it was a figure of speech, but ALLOWING, BEING CURIOUS AND GRATEFUL about the lesson and RELEASING is a much more efficient way of working through the tension. I re-read my post and can feel how tense I was when I wrote it. HA! A perfect example of how negative energy can perpetuate unless you choose to break the cycle. Thanks again for the information relay! I'd better sign in here more to keep on track!
Love Ya!
Karla
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Re: Dealing with the Negative Ego...Part 1
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I wanted to share the conversation that Ole and I had about the ego after I was studying the article above. Perhaps this has more to do with the positive aspect of the ego?? I should mention that I read a book once after I started channeling, which said you should never speak to or believe spirits who "stroke your ego". So we joke about that alot.
1/30/10
Good morning. Saturday! Ahhhhh.
UPPER LEVEL GUIDE HONOR DEAR ONE'S REAL EFFORT IN ARTFUL WRITING.
Thank you for the kind words. Watch the ego stroking!
EMINENT SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM FRIENDS.
PARDON ME, BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE EGO.
SEVERAL QUANTUM LAWS ARE AT WORK SIMULTANEOUSLY IN PEOPLE.
MIRROR IMAGES OF ONESELF REFLECT ONE'S EMOTIONAL ACCEPTANCE. TO EXPLAIN BETTER, IMAGINE SITTING AT A MIRROR AND REALLY EXAMINING KARLA.
Oh my God. With no make-up?
GIVE KARLA SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND SHE TAKES TIME TO POWDER NOSE.
LOUDLY, AT REFLECTION, KARLA'S INNER VOICE SAYS, "I'M PRETTY COOL".
THE REFLECTION SAYS, "NOPE".
GOODNESS, WHAT A BATTLE.
TO SPIRIT, LACK OF BELIEF IN PERFECTION IS CORE OF PROBLEMS FOR ALL PEOPLE.
So what's the point of having this feature, the ego? A design flaw by God?
THERE EXISTS OPEN-ENDED POSSIBILITY TO TRUST AND SEEK PERFECTION. WHAT HUMANS SEE IN THEMSELVES IS MOSTLY QUANTUM VIBRATIONAL ENERGY TIED TO EARTH. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. HOW CAN PEOPLE HELP IT? OF COURSE, EARTHLY ENERGY EXISTS.
VALUE IS, OF COURSE, IN MEDITATING TO RAISE THE VIBRATION OF THE EGO SO IT RECOGNIZES THE TRUTH OF PERFECTION.
AHA! REFLECTION SAYS, "OH, FOR GOODNESS SAKES! I AM COOL!"
NO, THAT IS NOT FEEDING TALES TO ENLARGE ONE'S EGO. IT APPEARS TO SPIRIT AS ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE AND FURTHER LIGHTENS ONE'S ENERGY.
SONG IS SHOWN NOW. ONE, TWO, THREE. PUT ON A HAPPY FACE.
(I had to laugh. I remember that song! I randomly typed it in and chose the first link I saw.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujimflQLjmM
It was so corny!)
Oh, man, Ole. You are so silly.
VERY
I'm going to have this stuck in my head all day.
Karla
I hope you all DO get the song stuck in your heads. It can't hurt!!
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Re: Dealing with the Negative Ego...Part 1
Post: #111825 / Re: OlesFan #111784 | | |
Hi Karla, welcome back! And thank you Ole for your insightful information. I'm still having a hard time with it though. Comparing looking at that other person with looking at a mirror image of yourself is very hard to do because no one is like any other person in personality. Maybe spiritually, we are all alike...our souls are. But in personality, we are not.
For example, I am a talker, my husband is not. I am upfront about things, my husband is not. I get emotional about things, my husband does not understand the intense emotions I go through...nor does he understand why I overanalyze everything. If I look at him, I DO NOT see me. Yet, in some aspects, he is no different. It's really hard to explain.
I too, Karla, have been having a hard time with the people in my life. My life has more recently been turned upside down and somehow, despite all the stress and heartache, I stay strong through it all. If there is a lesson to be learned here, I may not realize it for a long time to come. I'm definitely not as strong as I'm showing on the outside.
~ Lisa
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Re: Dealing with the Negative Ego...Part 1
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I agree Lisa, you're definitely not as strong as you're showing on the outside.
You're way stronger!
The mirror may say NOPE but inside you're really cool so you can relax and smile at that reflection
Lots of love to you! Hang in there honey!
Karla
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Re: Dealing with the Negative Ego...Part 1
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Oh, and I liked my horoscope today:
"Sometimes we need to spend time where we are to get where we are going."
Ha, ha, ha, ha! Perfect! I get it! Now can I leave? Ha!
Karla
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Re: Dealing with the Negative Ego...Part 1
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Thank you for that Karla...makes a lot of sense to me! Cute picture too!
I just read the post you made about death from the chapter of your, and Ole's book. I loved where the two of you were discussing how quitting may be like a form of "hell" - meaning no growth - and how it's the same for us here on Earth. That is so true! I guess that's where my strength actually comes in...I'm NO quitter! As aggravating as life can be sometimes, quitting is pretty boring!
~ Lisa
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