Soul vs Ego

There is conflict within and you allow yourself to face your demons. You understand that in order to move forward you must deal with the things that you tried to ignore. The burdens are yours to carry and no one else's. How does it feel to know that the person you may have attempted to make yourself out to be is not who you truly are? The shadow in which we avoid day to day, year to year makes itself present. You will eventually have no choice but to sort things out and go back to square one. Take the necessary time to reorganize and restructure where need be. 

I came across a photo the other day that basically represented the shadow of oneself. If you choose to move forward on a day to day basis as if those things and that side of you don't exist it will just be right behind you. On the other hand, if you turn around and face that baggage head on you will eventually work through sorting things out in your life and making amends with your karma. All of the decisions you have made in the earlier stages of your journey will come full circle and you will have to go through applying everything that you have learned. You may now even have the necessary guidance (intuition) to get you steadily through the obstacles while overcoming them with ease. There will definitely be times that you will be tempted to revert back to when you were not who you have grown to be and that urge is a battle of its very own. 

The things that are going on around us have become obvious to more than a lot of people. We are all capable of seeing the way the government is moving, the way the trees and animals are dying. More so than not, we see us dying as well. The reasons behind this go on for days and apparently years and one by one we are starting to see things for what they are. We are able to see clearly if you will. The struggle here is the perspective of the situation. There are plenty. Indeed everyone has their way of viewing the way things go and the overall structure if you will of life, but ultimately everyone is correct. As always, I reference the quote "each one, teach one" as it is very important that this is firmly understood. 

I look at it in the manner of being a student as well as a teacher. People tend to let their ego interfere with a lot of things. Relationships, business, everything. If everyone wasn't focused on trying to be better than the next person, and just focused on being a better version of themselves every day for the rest of their lives we as a people would progress a lot faster. This is, of course, my opinion so no one has to agree nor disagree. I do think it would be a good thing to all come together and teach each other what the other may not know but that could only be my thoughts on what a perfect plan would be. We would in a sense be able to create our own "system", a system that works for us and is designed to assist us all with getting ahead. I always say everyone deserves that chance and that opportunity, people just don't know any different than what they have been taught their entire lives or see happening around them every day. 

The soul wants to be free. It yearns to be released from the shackles of expectations and conditions and to be in an environment where it can be it's loving and nurturing self. At ease and at peace, free from worry or stress and to be genuinely happy. It is not greedy, boastful, or condescending. The ego, on the other hand, is the complete opposite. It is prideful, envious, and beyond all reason a skeptic to truth and reality. The ego has a difficult time accepting things for how they truly are and tends to paint the picture that one would rather see. It is called stepping out of your comfort zone for a reason. It will not be enjoyable and more than likely you would rather stay the same way you have always been, doing the same things you have always done. Unfortunately or not so much, things just do not work that way. Allow yourself to be free, it is the only way you will truly ever live.