PATHWAY TO JOY AND HEALING

My sailing trip to Corsica France and solo trip to Italy was an exercise in releasing my ego and beginning to experience full awakening. My first test came during the security checkpoint at the airport.  I had forgotten that I left a Swiss Army knife in my backpack.  When my bag was x-rayed, TSA found the knife.

In the past, I would have gotten very defensive for fear of doing something wrong, and punished myself for making such an error.  Then I would have tried to keep the knife by finding a way so as not to have to forfeit the knife.  This time I just walked away from it and walked to my gate peacefully.

I was able to detach from this object although my ego went through several minutes of how I could have forgotten about this knife in my backpack. Ego identifies with things, ideas, and our past histories.  It is our awareness of this identity that will allow us to release our ego.

During my trip, I listened to the podcast of Oprah Winfrey with Eckhart Tolle on his new book, “A New Earth.”  He believes that awakening is necessary for the humans race because our higher selves inherently know the difference between right from wrong, and thus, we do not need an external source to tell us how to best live our lives. When we hurt others or suffer ourselves, it is the work of the ego. That is why we do not need a guru as we have our higher selves to guide us.

More about my trip to Corsica, France, Cinque Terra, Italy, and Copenhagen, Denmark in my next post.  Blessings and light, Brooke (Copyright 2013 Kundalini Spirit with All Rights Reserved)