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HEAVEN #1703 Declare Your Independence
July 4, 2005
God said:
Egos hurt egos. Thats what egos do. The
True Being of you is untouched. What does that leave but ego? Egos get
hurt, and egos hurt.
Sometimes someone offends and does not know
that he has. Hurt was not intended and was unnoticed. It may be that the
offender is so ego-driven he has not awareness of anyone elses feelings.
So wrapped in his own, his vision so tight, he doesnt see beyond a
fraction of himself.
But it also may be that offense was taken
where there was none. The offended ones ego piqued itself. In essence, it
is always the case that your ego chooses to be offended. Ego is like a
goalie in a hockey game, constantly on guard to prevent assault.
Personal feelings of hurt can only be tools
of your ego, beloved. It is ego that takes things personally. Your Self
knows it is invulnerable to offense. It knows its Identity. Your Self
stands strong. But your ego withers. It knows it is prickly and has no
substance.
Did Christ, when vilified, take personal
offense? He never said, How can they do this to me? He knew he was
beyond individuality. He understood that the Selves of those who inflicted
pain on him were innocent. Their Higher Being had been set aside. Christ
well knew that it was their egos that didnt know what they were doing,
or, rather, that ego knows only hurt, either to or fro, and was doing its
duty. The call of ego is: Danger ahead. Stand aside.. Its motto: Hurt
or be hurt. Quickly. Ego has teeth. It attaches to its perceived offense
and wont let go.
Could Christ have taken offense? He could
not if he tried. His vision was such that he could not. He could only feel
compassion at the unawareness of Self presented to him. He knew ego was
all bluff. He knew that ego was aberration. He knew ego had no place.
Christ knew his own compassion. He knew his own understanding.
It is ego that is quick to anger. Inner
Being is so far away from anger, it cannot even conceive it. Anger is like
a foreign object, unheard of. Or like a gnat so insignificant that Being
simply doesnt notice.
My beloveds, when will you see beyond ego?
When will you let it stop vanquishing you? When will you put it in its
place which means no place at all? Or do you think ego has a place and
that ego is perhaps necessary to survival? Ego is not interested in your
survival. It is interested in its own. Ego above all is its theme.
You cannot subdue ego because it has no
existence. You cannot swat it. You cant take it by the neck and shake it.
You cannot remove it. You can only rise higher where it makes no sense and
therefore does not exist, not as a proponent nor an opponent. Ego just is
a concept that you can no longer conceive of.
Your heart is not ego-driven. But the mind
is like a cat that likes to play with the ego, pounce on it, toss it
around, struggle with it. But even the cat finally puts the toy aside and
gets on with the business of life.
It is ego that flares in anger. It is ego
that hates. It is ego that takes offense. Do not think that ego makes you
strong. It makes you weak. Ego feeds off you, eats away at you, skips off,
and then returns again to make you small, and to make you forget your
Greater Self. Declare your independence from ego.
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