I've been writing lately about ego tricks. These tricks are ways the egos uses to create separation between our spiritual selves and our earthly selves.
One trick the ego likes to use is attachment. Here's how it works. You get offered a choice. Perhaps, "Do you want the red or the blue?" You think about it a bit. Actually, you could go either way, But finally, you choose blue. "Oh," the ego says, "that's a fine choice. A very fine choice. In fact, you have excellent taste. The fact that you knew to choose the blue makes you special. I'm glad you want the blue. In fact, you should want the blue very badly, because wanting the blue makes you very special. Now let me tell you a little bit about the blue. It is a little harder to get the blue. You have to work a lot harder to get the blue. You have to do certain things. The blue is a little illusive. It might not come to you easily. In fact, it might not come to you often or at all. But that's okay. Just wanting the blue makes you so very special. And maybe if you try this....or that... or this other thing...you can have the blue." And so it begins.
We spend our lives in pursuit of the "blues". And we get more and more attached to having blue. We work harder and harder for blue and we believe that when we finally get blue we will have happiness. But ultimately one of two things happens. Either we get the blue only to discover that it doesn't make us happy, or we never really get the blue and so we never feel satisfied because our goal of having blue is thwarted.
Here's where forgiveness comes in. We can be happy without blue in our lives. In fact, blue actually has nothing to do with our happiness. But we do need to release our belief in blue. We need to forgive blue for all the damage, disappointment, fear and upset it has brought into our lives. We need to see that the only possible source of happiness comes from love and that love is acceptance. And that includes acceptance of what is--whether our lives include blue or not.
One trick the ego likes to use is attachment. Here's how it works. You get offered a choice. Perhaps, "Do you want the red or the blue?" You think about it a bit. Actually, you could go either way, But finally, you choose blue. "Oh," the ego says, "that's a fine choice. A very fine choice. In fact, you have excellent taste. The fact that you knew to choose the blue makes you special. I'm glad you want the blue. In fact, you should want the blue very badly, because wanting the blue makes you very special. Now let me tell you a little bit about the blue. It is a little harder to get the blue. You have to work a lot harder to get the blue. You have to do certain things. The blue is a little illusive. It might not come to you easily. In fact, it might not come to you often or at all. But that's okay. Just wanting the blue makes you so very special. And maybe if you try this....or that... or this other thing...you can have the blue." And so it begins.
We spend our lives in pursuit of the "blues". And we get more and more attached to having blue. We work harder and harder for blue and we believe that when we finally get blue we will have happiness. But ultimately one of two things happens. Either we get the blue only to discover that it doesn't make us happy, or we never really get the blue and so we never feel satisfied because our goal of having blue is thwarted.
Here's where forgiveness comes in. We can be happy without blue in our lives. In fact, blue actually has nothing to do with our happiness. But we do need to release our belief in blue. We need to forgive blue for all the damage, disappointment, fear and upset it has brought into our lives. We need to see that the only possible source of happiness comes from love and that love is acceptance. And that includes acceptance of what is--whether our lives include blue or not.
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