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This weeks powerful topic is

 How To Release the Ego
Issue # 85 May 30, 2005

Michele Blood
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The Power Of Spirit for SUCCESS

 How To Release the Ego

(From the NEW Book "How To Become A Magnet To Hollywood Success")

A great band from Australia, SKYHOOKS, had a big hit back in the late seventies called “Ego Is Not A Dirty Word.” Well if it is not a dirty word, what is the ego and why does the ego get such a bad rap?

The ego is simply an accumulation of our old paradigm or our small self! I hear you say “Huh?? I still don’t get it, what is that supposed to mean, Michele?”

Ok, the ego is simply a collection of all the things in our sub-conscious mind or our old paradigm. This includes an accumulation of our physical sense memories of what our bodies and minds found pleasurable - to explain it with even more clarity - what felt good to our physical senses. Sight, hearing, taste, touch, and sound. Not the things that help our soul feel good but simply our physical senses. The ego has its place in certain situations of course, but too often has a nasty habit of bringing up memories of these so called pleasurable physical sense experiences – especially when we have begun to start taking action on our positive goals.

These sense memories can prevent us from taking positive action, as we go back to what we are used to and where we feel safe and comfortable, even when it may not be good for us. We cannot move forward if we allow this to happen. When we begin to do something new that is good for us - such as working out to get our bodies into top shape to look good for our close ups. J  That small self (ego) starts to do its little dance and talk us into doing something else that will just temporarily feel good, such as eating pizza in front of the telly.

This friend, is one of the major things that can occur and will be one of the biggest blocks to our true success and soul fulfillment. That’s the small voice telling us to quit on our dreams.

Well, how do we release this ego or sub-conscious conditioning?

We HAVE to do our very best to not to go for the things in life that are temporary fixes and replace them with permanent positive thoughts and feelings. A great example was given to me today by my good friend Dr. Lawrence T. Bond. He said "Imagine eating your very favorite ice cream. The first scoop will be delicious, fantastic, then the next scoop will be only good and then after that it will just be ice cream."

You see this is how it is in life when we focus too much on our physical senses. We may stay in a bad relationship far too long simply because we once felt it was good or the passion was great, etc…  We are doing our best to repeat those same good feelings in a situation or relationship that just is no longer supporting us simply because we unconsciously want to re-create what once felt good. We have to NEXT these things as best we can and replace them with healthy thoughts and worthy, creative pursuits, supportive aware relationships, and goals that will empower and help us become more successful and better people. This way we are investing in and building up our spiritual bank account.

We can then call upon this power that is in our spiritual bank account when challenges show up and the Power of Spirit is accessible to us to draw from to find solutions and move forward in life.  Otherwise, we will drop backwards and do anything we can to fill up our physical senses to block what it is we don't like that is just new to us. We do this through overeating, watching too much mindless TV, staying in life-depleting relationships. Etc! Yes, it goes on and on, and before we know it we have wasted our miraculous lives.

Now do not get me wrong! I like to watch TV and eat ice cream occasionally, but I do my very best to do these things only when I know it is not blocking some action I must be taking or a challenge I want to find a solution to. Otherwise we live in denial and our life quite frankly will then suck, Big Time. J

When that little voice (ego) says, "OK you have worked hard enough today let that all go and watch some TV, etc.”, say NEXT.

DO NOT LET THAT VOICE RUN YOUR LIFE.

YOU ARE IN CHARGE.

Yes, we are in charge of our own thoughts.

Do all you can to feed your mind/spirit with positive books, positive thoughts, positive music, positive TV, and inspiring life experiences. Well, congratulations, because right now you are in charge by the fact that you are reading this book. You deserve to be in loving supportive relationships, and never settle if you are in a dis-empowering relationship. This is one of the worse things you can do to damage your self-esteem and self-esteem is not ego. Replace those old conditions with positive actions. Hone your craft, go to acting classes, writing classes, positive life-affirming seminars, learn to dance or even learn a new language. Do whatever you can to grow upwards and forwards. No more going backwards. We are never standing still. We are either going backwards or moving forward. No more using the stairs, let’s all take the elevator to the top of the mountain. Move onward and upward to our Hollywood Success.

You know if you are reading this and are not in the entertainment industry this advice will of course help you in any business or career as these principals are Universal.