unconscious ego

The ego isn't wrong; it's just unconscious.  When you observe the ego in yourself, you are beginning to go beyond it.  Don't take the ego too seriously.  When you detect egoic behavior in yourself, smile.  At times you may even laugh.  How could humanity have been taken in by this for so long?  Above all, know that the ego isn't personal.  It isn't who you are.  If you consider the ego to be your personal problem, that's just more ego.         Eckhart Tolle

It really helps me to identify the ego in my life.  It helps when I can identify this urge to want to hideout in life.  “The ego isn’t wrong, it’s just unconscious.”  I like that line.  It’s funny because I think when I realize I am acting out of my ego; I immediately make the ego wrong.  It’s like the ego is this bad thing inside me that’s trying to make me bad.  Interesting, I never really thought about that way until this moment.  I think you can make the same assumption about people in your life who you believe aren’t doing the right thing.  We make them bad when maybe unconscious is the appropriate word. 

We all have unconscious moments when we believe that life is out to get us or that something doesn’t feel fair.  The moment that we are separate from our source, whatever that source may be, we are letting the ego drive.  The ego wants tell you that you are alone and that the world is bad.  The ego wants to keep you safe but under the guise that safe is being in fear.  What do you think about that?  I am thinking about it myself.  It just came out of me.  I think the more we can identify fear in our life the more we can work through it, acknowledge it and let it pass. 

I am changing everyday trying to be better and live a more peaceful existence.  I guess it’s all about getting clear on what “better” is.  The question to ask, what is my intention for my life, what is the intention for your life?  The better our questions get the more we are in tune with what we want out of life.  If you don’t have time to ask the questions and the patience to be still then I guess the bigger question is, Why do expect anything to change?

Today I am grateful for the resources in my life that continually challenge me and ask the tough questions.