How do you deal with the ego when it arises?
Hello me’s, I have tried having faith in God and all that God has made as real, true, and alive. I try to imagine and be how God has truly made me as. But the ego continues to rear its ugly head at me time and time again. No matter what.
I ask for God’s guidance and love. Acknowledging The God Of Love, My Father, as My Creator. But sometimes the ego just comes up. And I do wonder if I am “dealing” with the ego correctly. Overlooking corrections, trying not to judge when the ego arises because it is not real and does not exist, practicing the Love and Peace that the Course teaches, etc.
I do not want to worship false gods and idols. Such as sickness, death, pain, suffering, etc. anything that the ego has made because the ego thrives off of separation and fear. Since the ego knows nothing I cannot trust it. I try my best to have faith in God and only His Laws.
I am now on chapter 11 of ACIM. And have been trying to do the daily exercises in the workbook but I often forget.
Point is, I can recognize when the ego is here and I just don’t really know what to do about it? I focus on God and Love and All That Is Real but it FEELS like I am “fighting and judging” against the ego when it comes up. Which IS ego-based and not Love-Based.
So I try to breathe through the ego’s lies. Telling myself I am NOT it in any capacity. That God didn’t create me like that. But the ego continues to feel painful, it hurts. I do not feel good in the ego.
So the Course may tell me later how to deal with it, but I feel like it already HAS taught me how to deal with it as such:
- Only believe in what is Real that God has Created
- Do not believe in anything that the ego creates
- Continue to keep choosing right-mindedness and being as God has made me. Seeing in True Vision. Being in a State of Grace always. Loving, creative, peaceful, joyful, kind, relaxed, KNOWING, certainty, etc.
Please help me here. I feel like I am missing something crucial. I keep telling myself that Love is Everywhere that God has Created. And God is in all of that too. Including My Creations (that I don’t yet know or fully understand).
The Course has taught me death is an illusion, I am not my body, and also that time doesn’t exist (but eternity does).
What am I missing here? Please let me know and help. Thank you all other me’s and may you all fully receive and accept the full extend of all of God’s blessings, gifts, and teachings. Much Love ❤️