PATHWAY TO JOY AND HEALING

Let your heart open to reflect your soul.  When you have caused others pain, forgive yourself. Let your remorse heal the wounds you caused. When you have judged others, forgive yourself. Let your regret warm the hurts of others. When you heal with your heart, You heal the wounds of our world. The acts of humanity is…

This has been a week of learning lessons about myself, and nonjudgment is one of the most difficult principles for me.  When a friend pointed this out about one of my posts, I took it to heart.   What she says essentially is a soul who knows her value does not waste time on wrongdoers,…

As I have been working to release my ego, I have come to understand some truths about myself and what I have observed in others.  When we feel slighted or hurt by others, it is our ego reacting to the pain and wounds within our own emotional landscape.  We may have pain and wounds from…

Before we find our way back to our souls, we must get through the layers of pain and hurt that we have stored within our emotional landscape that is represented through our smaller selves or egos.  This pain is stored in layers that must be uncovered layer by layer.  Sometimes there are no many layers…

Life becomes simple when we live beyond our egos.  This is what I have found to be the case in my limited experience of living beyond ego. During the last two months, I have been working hard on releasing my ego.  This work require constant observations of my ego’s reactions, including arising fears, reactions of…

After two years of emotional healing, I have finally felt a significant shift within my emotional landscape.   This occurred after I began to release my ego.  Releasing ego is a process; it does not happen overnight.  It begins with recognizing when we respond and react from ego, and what it feels like. Slowly over…

Before beginning spiritual practice and learning about the ego, I never truly understood the concept of free will.  What I have done in the past before recognizing my ego was never truly choosing from free will.  My actions and choices were always controlled to satisfy the needs of my ego. Our egos create our own…

Sometimes our good intentions may cause harm to others.  Let me explain. Have you ever heard parents trying to control their children to do what they want, such as a pursuing a certain profession to be successful, marrying a certain type of person to be happy, or follow beliefs that they were taught to be…