I was pondering what I could write about when I had this wonderful group provide me with the next topic.  This group came at me with the spirit of exclusivity, specialness and authority, and so I knew I was dealing with the human ego, rather than soul.  What perhaps they didn’t realize is that they would end up offering me a deep inner place of forgiveness, compassion and great peace.  And I have been in a place of untouchable joy since.  So I thank them from the bottom of my heart.  The circumstances do not matter.  It is the spirit of the incident that matters.  I had two choices.  Go with love (soul) or go with the belief that I needed defending (ego).

I won’t pretend that the ego didn’t try to rear its ugly head and have me ‘fight for my rights’.  I knew they had no leg to stand on in court.  But because I was well aware of the ego’s machinations, I simply watched my emotions and did not judge them or put meaning on any of my thoughts and feelings.  Soon, the ego voice died down from lack of fuel.  And I was able to move into profound meditation with the end result of feeling nothing but deep love and compassion for this opposing group.  To come from a place of attack is to come from a place of fear.  I cannot know what their fear was, but I suspect it has something to do with their belief in their superiority (specialness) and authority (exclusive) and I threatened that in them for some odd reason.  Truly, if you don’t feel threatened, you don’t attack.

Now don’t get me wrong.  There are times where you have to fight.  But I have learned that it is always most effective to let our soul decide for us what action to take.  Why?  Simply because it is always connected to Divine Source and has a much larger view point on situations and knows the ‘highest’ ways to deal with issues.  So I sat in meditation and came to realize that I was being tested once again.  Could I see past this incident and feel only compassion for this group? I did and still do.  A deep feeling of sadness and pity arose towards them.  To be lead by ego throughout one’s life cannot render much happiness.  It can only keep you in chains.  I also realized that this group could only upset me to the level I allowed them.  We are only as wounded as we choose to be.  And with that, I realized they had not wounded me at all.  And I was free!

I once heard the line “… the ego is indifferent at best, but vicious at its worst.”  This is so true, as I watch the news and read the newspapers.  I don’t do this on a daily occurrence because the news media tends to cater to the ego.  But we can’t deny our egos.  To be free from its incessant need for being ‘right’ and running the show, we have to just see it for what it is - a frightened little child trying to be the big tyrant ruler so it can feel safe.  The more we can dispassionately observe it, the less power it has over us.  This is true liberation.  This is the path of ascension.  It is true soul integration.  By watching the ego in an unattached manner we become the soul.  We become Divinely-aligned and attuned.  This is a place of great peace and joy.  It is a place of needing nothing because one is filled with All.  It is a place of knowing yourself as sister and brother to All.  It is a place of knowing, without a shadow of a doubt, that you are a Child of the Light.  And in that knowledge is all given and therefore, there is no need to take away from another.  In this alignment to All is an exquisite bliss that nothing on Earth can touch.  So now you can see why I am so grateful to this group.  They have left me with one of the greatest gifts possible - my Holy Self.

I wish you all peace and joy!