Seeking Alignment
It has become increasingly obvious to me I have been out of alignment. I took steps in the right direction for a much needed reset. Aligning myself with the truth this week felt like a death, or losing part of myself. In reality I restored myself. Once making a commitment to know, accept, and appreciate myself, on a soul level, there is no turning back.
Sentences I won’t forget from this week.
From The Magic of Manifesting by Ryuu Shinohara on intentions..
“By setting your intentions in a positive manner, all sorts of hurdles disappear, and you can focus your energy much better. This is because your energy becomes streamlined. For example if you know that you intend to go west in order to achieve your goals, why would you consider going east or north?”
That simple sentence is a game changer for me. Why would I consider it indeed? My answer?
There are aspects of the east I enjoy. Immediate gratification lives in the east. I eat too much ice cream in the east. I find comfort in the east and I react in the east. While visiting the east, I tell myself that’s ok.
Because my ego is alive and well in the north. My ego is fed in the north. The north is a playground for life and learning. I experience parts of myself I haven’t yet fully integrated by myself, for myself.
From The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle on the ego’s search for wholeness…
“As long as the egoic mind is running your life, you cannot truly be at ease; you cannot be at peace or fulfilled except for brief intervals when you obtained what you wanted, when a craving has been fulfilled.”
And more from Eckhart Tolle, an excerpt on the same page…
“You will know the truth of it for yourself. You will know it at the latest when you feel a death approaching. Death is a stripping away all that is not you. The secret to life is to “die before you die” - and find out there is no death.”
I had a death of ego this week while restoring alignment and integrity. Yes, I found there is no death. Living my best life westward bound! Until next week.