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Clarifying How to Recognize an Ego Attack, by Regina Dawn Akers

 
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Topic starter October 1, 2024 11:56 am  
On Sunday, I led the Awakening Together Weekly Gathering, “When the Mind Goes Crazy.” In that gathering, I talked about how to recognize an ego attack. After listening to a few people since then, I thought it might be helpful to clarify one point.
 
An ego attack always has the purpose of trying to stop you from moving forward on the spiritual path. Maybe you are about to follow significant guidance, and it comes to try to stop you. Maybe you are about to make a significant shift, and it comes to try to stop you. An ego attack is the reaction of homeostasis in the thought system. It is an attempt to prevent change.
 
Ego attack isn’t the only time you are challenged by thoughts that are louder and more persistent than usual. For us to let go of anything, it needs to rise out of the subconscious and be seen. So, for example, if it is time for you to let go of a specific false belief, you may see and feel a lot more of that than usual. This is different than an ego attack, because the purpose is different. This is grace. Grace is pushing something up from the subconscious to be seen in awareness.
 
In some ways, it doesn’t matter if it is an ego attack or grace pushing something up to be seen and healed. What you do is the same: Rest, accept and allow, trust, watch, and do not believe or engage with it. However, the reason I wanted to help you recognize an ego attack is because an ego attack is trying to get you to STOP! RUN! GO the OTHER WAY! If you don’t recognize an ego attack for what it is, you might stop, run, go the other way. If you see it for what it is, you will be able to stay, rest through the attack, and continue forward in the direction of truth realization.
 
I hope this is helpful.
 
Here is a link to my Weekly Gathering for those who did not hear it:
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 Melissa
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October 2, 2024 12:25 pm  

Thank you for posting how to recognize an ego attack here!  

Reminders:  1. To see that there is a story here to rest; that what I am is not what these thoughts are pointing to. So rest here.

                  2. Recognize the energy, e-motion, coming up and stay open, allowing space and freedom from moving… turn attention 

                     to that which sees the e-motion… allowing for all movement of energy to happen, dropping any label arising.

                 3. Ask the Compass Questions:  A.  Holy spirit, how would you have me see this now?  B.  Is my intention to receive what is given, or is there an agenda, a specific outcome being hoped for? &  C. What do i truly desire, want?  Peace.Love.Equanimity.Isness.Truth. Be fully present.

                 4. Patience, for answer to arise, in its time… recognize any anxiety to fix now & return to that which knows, or attention to the Self.

                 5. Remember: Intention, to awaken to loves presence.

 



   
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