Everyday Spirituality

Majority of your thoughts originate from the ego as harsh as that may sound. Only when you begin to practice mindfulness or other forms of meditation you will find what it feels like to be without your ego, even for just a moment in the beginning. Those moments will eventually expand and you will learn to differentiate the voice of your inner being from the voice of your ego. If you have never tried meditation before I highly recommend reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle who is one of my all time favorites when it comes to eliminating the power of ego plays in our lives. Meditation may sound like a difficult or strange task if you are not yet familiar with spiritual development but well worth it. To me meditation has been the most powerful tool to combat the ego.   In my meditations I’ve learnt that heaven is a place where ego cannot exist. If you can reduce your ego gradually with your spiritual work you will indeed experience heaven on earth. In fact in my meditat...

It’s quite common for us to feel that others are attacking us verbally or mentally and we feel a strong impulse to give them back what we think they deserve. We are quick to name who the culprit for our life situation is, or perhaps even a legion of culprits. What if I told you that the culprit is your ego and not the other person? I can almost hear your ego getting its ammunition ready screaming it is them, it’s not me! Let me assure you that reactive behavior is always from your ego . It is not about what other people do to you. As long as they can get an emotional reaction from you, it is about you and your responsibility. Many people live with oceans of bitterness and resentment towards others and cannot understand why they always have to be the victim. The good news is you don’t have to be your ego. In fact you are not what the ego claims you to be. As the Course in Miracles teaches, you have created your ego and it’s your responsibility to stop it’s control ...