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I had an experience today where a side job that rightfully should have been mine was taken away.  The person who took it away was concerned that I would have a conflict of interest with one of her competitors that I already work part time for.  The bottom line was her paranoia and her ego caused me to lose this job.  I really did nothing.

I must say that I also did not do anything to manipulate the energy of the discussion.  It could not have hurt to do so although it probably would not have helped.  It would have been great spiritual practice and I wish I could do it over.  I was pretty good but i did use some of the negative emotions:  shame, blame, hopelessness, grief, fear, desire, or pride.  In particular I used blame and shame.  I also did not use any of the positive energies courage, neutrality, reason, interest and peace.

Having said that I am happy that I lost this position.  This is the 7th episode of adverse events that have occurred with this individual even though I have never worked there.  When things go wrong, they are actually going right:  abbacatastrophe.   Thank you God

1–Stop being offended  Whatever offends you weakens you

2–Let go of your need to win

3–Let go of your need to be right

4–Let go of your need to be superior

5–Let go of your need to have more

6–Let go with identifying yourself with your achievements

These are from Wayne Dyer’s book The Power of Intention.”

A wise man said “Dont worry about the things you can’t control because if you can’t control them why worry?” He then said “Dont worry about the things you can control because if you can control them why worry?”.

How do you stop worrying? I like to envision myself driving a powerboat heading for shore. Anything that I am worrying about that occurred in the past I envision being the wake of the boat. Of course the wake of the boat can not drive the boat. Anything I am worrying about that occurrs in the future I envision happening on shore.

The only thing I can do that affects me is steer or throttle the vessel.

Recently I took my kids to NY and visited the Museum of Natural History.  Within those 35 foot ceiling rooms are examples and models of the universe’s resources.  From incredible precious stones to dinosaurs, to the solar system and distant galaxies and everything in between the beauty was awesome.  I could not help to notice that God is the source of all these things.  I noted this to my sister who chuckled that the funny part about that is that most of the curators and staff of the museum were probably atheists.  Everything is God and God does some great work.

I am reading a very special book, “The Shack”, by William P Young.  It illuminates many many complicated ideas regarding God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit.  God is all three of these manifestations.  Since God is all things if He were not all three then he would be less than all things.  Love and relationship would be missing.  These things exist in us because they exist in the Trinity.  All three components of the Trinity are equal.  No one is “in charge”.  This exemplifies that hierarchy is unnecessary and, actually, harmful to relationships.

The first step in defeating the ego is to recognize its many manifestations. The next step is to thwart its influence in your life.  The final step is to seek out the opposite–the holy spirit.  This is the quest of mystics, to commune with God.  Jesus (who recently tried to break my computer) was a true mystic.  He life and teachings are all about living in the spirit.  This is my present quest.  I, however, am struggling mightily so far to get there.

I was on my way to church and I ran into a friend who was also on the way to church. I respect this person very much when it comes to medical and nutritional issues. She is very cutting edge on these areas.

She was on her way to a local Pentacostal megachurch that she loves. She says sometimes she goes twice a day. They are very much into rapture and end times

The church I attend (and love) does not believe in any if these things. Spiritually they are very opposite.

The breakthrough came in he fact that we are both praying to the same God. God is big enough to have believers of all kind none of which are wrong.

So the point is not to believe you are right and someone else is wrong (a strong ego) but that both positions even when opposite are right

There is something magical to feel connected to God and not to let positions or culture or nationality or party or gender get in the way

There are six components to the ego:
1–connection with things/body/positions
2–connection with reputation
3–connection with what I do
4–separation from others
5–separation from what you want to attract in your life
6–separation from God

Figuring out that opposite positions are allowed under God is a big step towards eliminating the ego.

This is a huge breakthrough for me spiritually.

I have recently been exposed to the teachings of David Hawkins as summarized by Wayne Dyer.

The breakthrough for me is that enlightenment, while being your goal, is hard to attain but there are many levels below that level that still strengthen you and are more easily attainable.

Also the force emotions that weaken you are also listed and graded. Simply avoiding these or avoiding the worst of these will benefit my life and make me a better parent.

Being scientific I love that there are numbers attached to these emotions.

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I was late taking my kids to school. I was yelled at then they tried to take my billings away from me.

Needless to say my ego was tripped by the combination of the two assaults

Now I want to quit the job.

I know that that is my ego talking and it is my enemy.

I should do the opposite

Maybe I’ll get a job with the Yankees now.