How To Let Go of Ego iampeacemaker, August 24, 2023September 3, 2023 Buddha taught that to reach an enlightened state of nirvana you must first get rid of your ego. This is not as hard as it might sound, but for some good tips, read on. If you worry what other people think of you it’s a sure sign that you have an ego. Being sensitive to other people’s opinions of you, if you need other people to compliment you to feel good about yourself, or if you need to look pretty to feel happy, you have an ego. To live in states of peace and enlightenment, the ego is an obstacle. It is often your connection to the consumerist, materialistic world, ego is what will keep you from transcending the troubles of your worldly existence. Don’t worry about what other people look like, or how being with someone might make you look. How people look is an illusion. We are beings of light energy. Your body is nothing more a frame of blood, bone, and flesh through which you experience your earthly life, the life you came to learn from before going back to your spiritual home with the new lessons you’ve learned. We are meant to transcend earthly troubles. Finding ongoing joy in money or things will prevent you from ascending to enlightenment. Having money is useful in society, but believe me, coming from a person with a mental illness who is unable to keep a regular job, it is perfectly possible to have no money and feel content with life and death. You want your joy to source from within, not from outside or beyond your control. Don’t be fooled by physical beauty. You may be someone who’s been “blessed” by physical beauty. Or you may be someone who’s been “cursed” by an ugly appearance. Don’t let yourself be fooled; appearance is an illusion. Whether you are handsome or ugly, fat or skinny, strong or weak, healthy or physically ill, makes absolutely no difference to whether or not you can find pure joy in life. If people don’t accept you because you look different, you could find yourself happier than someone who is more physically attractive because you don’t attract shallow people who are drawn to beauty. People who base their happiness on physical attractiveness will be disappointed because as they grow old, they will lose it. So don’t judge yourself on how you look. If you are fat and want to lose weight shouldn’t affect how happy you are. You will feel healthier if you are lighter in weight, but you can be completely content even while you try to improve your health. Happiness is a choice we make when we let go of judging ourselves. Heavy, ugly, handsome, or too skinny people are still people with the ability to be happy, they could have a beautiful soul like anyone else. Rich or poor, difficult, or easy? People who have an easy life may be at a disadvantage in finding lasting happiness because they have not learned the lessons that failure or loss teaches, they might not find the inner strength or joy in bittersweetness that loss teaches. The important thing to remember about money and things is that you can’t take them with you when you pass them on from your body. If you base your happiness on money or things, which is very easy to do, you will not be able to live an enlightened life or go to nirvana, because in death you will lose everything important to you. If you can detach your happiness from consumerism and things, and be happy even with nothing, you are more likely to find inner joy in the small things in life, joy, peace, nature, animals, and existence in general. Life alone is full of awe-inspiring beauty if you look for it, and you don’t need money to enjoy it if you can find joy and happiness within a simple, minimalist lifestyle. People pleasing, being used, treating people kindly. It’s not possible to please everyone. If someone gets angry because you don’t give them what rightfully belongs to you, then it’s best to separate yourself from that person. Being used hurts, so don’t use others, and don’t put up with abuse, just walk away. If you think you can change someone by loving them, people only change because they want to, not because you want them to. This is the empath/narcissist quagmire, the co-dependent relationship of trying to please and change someone who is happy using you. You can’t make someone happy who doesn’t want to be happy. You’ve been abandoned, rejected, scapegoated, and gaslighted, this world can be a cruel place. So transcend it, and take courage in your own company. Learn to generate happiness from within yourself, without need, but supporting others, as you can. Reading, learning, moving, growing, creating, teaching, healing, shining your light by using your spiritual gifts, and don’t force it on anyone. Most people are of the world. They will never appreciate your sensitivity to spiritual things. If you just focus your attention on doing your own thing, the right people will be attracted to you, so don’t fight to keep people who treat you unkindly. So don’t be afraid to venture out alone. You can’t properly love others if you don’t love yourself first anyway. It’s best to become who you want to be on your own. You alone are enough. Once you have detached your ego from things and other people, you’ll be free to learn, fail, and grow without letting anybody else down. This freedom is so much less stressful than people-pleasing. This is why people go on sabbaticals. This is why it’s critically important to rest for at least one full day per week, relieve the pressure of performing, and enjoy the fruits of your labor, and the fruits of creation, patiently, one moment at a time. Let things be and exist as is. This way we apply less pressure than can or should handle, or else we are feeding our egos and worldly attachments. To help you let go of your ego, mindfully meditate to observe, and bless each thought, while releasing it. Refocus your attention to your breathing to re-center yourself, without getting attached to any one thought. Your heart-mind connection can be a powerful tool of transformation, so to help your surrounding environment you can inhale negativity, and exhale positivity. Inhale sickness, exhale healing. Inhale hatred, exhale love. Inhale, exhale. Bless each thought and let it go. Inhale anger, exhale peace. Continue mindful observance of your thoughts. Inhale tension, exhale peace. In so doing you are living for humanity instead of yourself, raising the earth’s vibration, and successfully releasing your ego. Love, ~ Light ~ If you wouldn’t follow yourself, why would anyone else follow you? Be The Example You Need. “Peace Maker” is my Indigenous Spirit name, my other Spirit name is Elainia, which means, “Land of Light”. I am a Canadian, a friend of God, an empathic woman with a timeless soul, driven to create more peaceful lives for those I meet through patience and understanding. It feels really good to say, “I AM Peace Making”. I encourage you to claim that. Positive affirmations are good for the soul. Then together we have the faith to move mountains! Share on FacebookTweetFollow us Peace Making buddhismegohealingmeditationpeace
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I didn’t think I had much of an ego…..until I read this! I am working on trying to fund more peace & thanks for the inspiration 🙏 Reply